MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.03,-88.31 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 62 SFC 978 252 20.6 10.7 53 9.9 14.6 184 10 295.6 297.1 288.6 319.6 8.30 2 950 505 21.0 9.8 49 11.2 14.2 194 26 298.5 300.0 289.4 322.1 8.05 3 900 970 17.4 9.0 58 8.4 12.4 207 32 299.5 300.9 289.7 323.1 8.02 4 850 1456 13.8 7.7 67 6.0 10.2 226 33 300.6 302.0 289.9 323.6 7.80 5 800 1965 11.9 -0.3 43 12.3 5.6 234 34 303.9 304.7 288.1 318.1 4.67 6 750 2503 10.2 -14.2 17 24.3 0.7 231 36 307.6 307.9 286.4 313.1 1.70 7 700 3072 6.9 -17.5 16 24.4 -1.9 230 38 310.1 310.4 287.0 314.7 1.38 8 650 3676 3.4 -18.9 18 22.3 -4.3 235 35 312.8 313.1 287.8 317.2 1.32 9 600 4321 -0.1 -16.9 27 16.8 -6.1 239 30 316.0 316.3 289.2 321.6 1.69 10 550 5011 -5.5 -13.2 54 7.7 -8.4 240 30 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.9 2.51 11 500 5750 -10.9 -20.3 46 9.3 -13.7 238 30 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.9 1.53 12 450 6551 -16.5 -31.3 27 14.8 -19.6 236 31 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.8 0.62 13 400 7424 -23.8 -26.2 80 2.4 -24.3 235 37 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.13 14 350 8388 -29.2 -29.2 100 -0.0 -29.2 238 33 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.8 0.97 15 300 9472 -37.0 -37.0 100 0.0 -37.0 237 45 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.53 16 250 10706 -46.7 -48.6 81 1.9 -46.8 225 55 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.19 17 200 12147 -56.9 -60.5 63 3.6 -57.0 233 44 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.06 18 150 13960 -61.2 -78.5 8 17.3 -61.4 254 45 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16423 -68.6 -83.3 10 14.7 -68.7 269 29 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.00 m Freezing level: 601.96 mb = 4295.70 m = 14093.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.12 mb = 2645.92 m = 8680.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.78 mb = 1507.42 m = 4945.55 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 10.54 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.55 mb = 3446.99 m = 11308.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.69 C = 98.05 F Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lifted Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.54 C Showalter Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 18.69 C K Index: 8.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 240.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7591.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.87 mb = 1924.30 m = 6313.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 237.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 46.39 m/s