MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.72,-89.75 Latitude: 40.72 Longitude: -89.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 978 194 16.9 13.9 83 3.0 15.0 288 4 291.9 293.7 289.0 321.0 10.25 2 950 442 16.3 11.3 73 4.9 13.3 320 12 293.7 295.3 288.5 319.2 8.91 3 900 899 12.9 8.6 75 4.3 10.4 343 16 294.8 296.2 287.9 317.3 7.81 4 850 1377 9.3 5.5 77 3.8 7.2 355 17 295.9 297.1 287.2 315.4 6.69 5 800 1877 6.1 3.1 81 2.9 4.5 360 13 297.6 298.7 287.2 315.3 6.00 6 750 2404 3.1 1.5 90 1.5 2.3 356 5 299.9 300.9 287.7 316.9 5.71 7 700 2961 0.0 -0.7 95 0.7 -0.3 202 6 302.5 303.5 288.2 318.2 5.20 8 650 3552 -2.2 -2.4 98 0.2 -2.3 201 19 306.5 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.94 9 600 4186 -4.2 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 194 34 311.2 312.1 290.4 325.5 4.55 10 550 4869 -7.2 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 206 44 315.5 316.3 291.2 328.1 3.93 11 500 5607 -10.7 -11.2 97 0.4 -10.9 212 55 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.7 3.26 12 450 6410 -15.4 -15.6 98 0.3 -15.4 215 67 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.4 2.52 13 400 7290 -20.9 -21.0 100 0.0 -21.0 204 61 327.8 328.1 292.8 334.0 1.80 14 350 8263 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.8 198 64 331.3 331.5 293.2 335.3 1.12 15 300 9351 -36.6 -36.6 100 -0.0 -36.6 201 73 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.56 16 250 10586 -47.2 -47.2 100 -0.0 -47.2 199 78 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 17 200 12031 -53.7 -62.6 33 8.9 -53.9 225 94 347.7 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.04 18 150 13863 -57.8 -79.0 5 21.3 -58.0 250 60 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16386 -62.4 -84.4 4 22.0 -62.6 245 34 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.14 m Freezing level: 699.58 mb = 2965.48 m = 9729.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.29 mb = 2888.36 m = 9476.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.44 % Est. max temperature: 21.61 C = 70.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.70 mb = 570.17 m = 1870.61 ft T: 15.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1439.97 m = 4724.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.07 C = 69.93 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 6.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 8.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.02 C Cross Totals Index: 16.26 C K Index: 24.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8622.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.55 mb = 1187.10 m = 3894.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -40.7 tot: 82.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 122.39 m/s