MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.82,-88.90 Latitude: 39.82 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 981 204 22.0 17.0 73 5.0 18.7 199 13 296.8 299.1 292.5 333.0 12.53 2 950 479 19.1 16.0 82 3.1 17.0 204 22 296.5 298.7 292.1 331.5 12.10 3 900 942 15.5 14.0 90 1.6 14.6 210 26 297.5 299.5 291.7 330.0 11.21 4 850 1426 13.5 11.1 86 2.4 12.0 215 30 300.3 302.1 291.5 329.2 9.84 5 800 1936 11.2 7.6 78 3.6 9.1 216 31 303.1 304.7 291.0 327.7 8.24 6 750 2473 8.7 5.0 77 3.8 6.6 219 26 306.1 307.4 291.2 328.1 7.29 7 700 3041 4.5 1.6 82 2.9 2.9 231 23 307.5 308.6 290.7 326.4 6.16 8 650 3641 0.3 -2.7 80 3.1 -1.2 241 23 309.4 310.3 290.0 324.3 4.81 9 600 4279 -3.9 -6.0 85 2.1 -4.8 241 28 311.7 312.4 290.1 324.5 4.08 10 550 4961 -7.9 -9.4 89 1.5 -8.5 238 31 314.7 315.4 290.5 325.7 3.42 11 500 5697 -11.7 -12.7 92 1.0 -12.1 235 36 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.3 2.88 12 450 6498 -16.3 -16.8 96 0.5 -16.4 228 42 322.8 323.2 291.9 330.5 2.28 13 400 7374 -22.1 -22.3 98 0.2 -22.1 222 45 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.9 1.60 14 350 8343 -29.2 -29.3 99 0.1 -29.2 221 53 329.4 329.6 292.5 332.8 0.96 15 300 9424 -37.7 -37.8 99 0.1 -37.7 222 62 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.49 16 250 10654 -47.7 -47.7 100 0.0 -47.7 226 76 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12090 -58.9 -59.1 97 0.2 -58.9 230 93 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.07 18 150 13900 -56.4 -79.3 4 22.9 -56.7 256 68 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16411 -66.0 -83.8 7 17.8 -66.1 244 43 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.47 m Freezing level: 645.90 mb = 3693.12 m = 12116.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.04 mb = 3467.84 m = 11377.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.87 mb = 838.94 m = 2752.38 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1321.49 m = 4335.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.26 mb = 1005.42 m = 3298.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.26 mb = 3061.21 m = 10043.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.26 mb = 6694.75 m = 21964.14 ft B at Equ Level: 155.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.26 mb = 9931.88 m = 32584.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -12.7 tot: 88.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.38 Bulk Shear: 21.04 m/s