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: 40.77,-89.75 Latitude: 40.77 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 978 197 16.9 13.8 82 3.2 15.0 284 5 292.0 293.8 289.0 320.8 10.17 2 950 441 16.4 11.1 71 5.3 13.2 318 11 293.9 295.4 288.5 319.1 8.78 3 900 899 13.0 8.5 74 4.5 10.3 342 15 294.9 296.2 287.8 317.2 7.73 4 850 1377 9.3 5.4 77 3.9 7.2 354 17 295.9 297.1 287.2 315.3 6.64 5 800 1877 6.0 2.9 80 3.1 4.4 357 14 297.6 298.6 287.1 314.9 5.89 6 750 2404 2.9 1.1 88 1.8 2.0 354 7 299.8 300.8 287.5 316.3 5.54 7 700 2960 -0.1 -1.0 94 0.9 -0.5 204 4 302.4 303.3 288.0 317.8 5.10 8 650 3551 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 198 16 306.4 307.3 289.2 321.5 4.91 9 600 4185 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 192 32 311.2 312.0 290.4 325.4 4.53 10 550 4868 -7.2 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 205 43 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.1 3.91 11 500 5606 -10.8 -11.2 96 0.4 -10.9 212 55 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.6 3.25 12 450 6409 -15.4 -15.7 98 0.2 -15.5 216 67 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.3 2.51 13 400 7289 -21.0 -21.0 100 0.0 -21.0 205 62 327.7 328.1 292.8 334.0 1.79 14 350 8261 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.8 198 65 331.3 331.5 293.2 335.3 1.11 15 300 9349 -36.6 -36.6 100 -0.0 -36.6 201 73 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.56 16 250 10584 -47.2 -47.2 100 -0.0 -47.2 199 79 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 17 200 12029 -53.7 -62.8 32 9.1 -53.9 225 94 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.04 18 150 13861 -57.7 -79.1 5 21.4 -58.0 250 60 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16385 -62.3 -84.4 4 22.1 -62.5 245 33 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5602.38 m Freezing level: 701.60 mb = 2942.03 m = 9652.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.07 mb = 2844.59 m = 9332.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.73 % Est. max temperature: 21.58 C = 70.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.85 mb = 595.57 m = 1953.93 ft T: 15.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.03 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1483.85 m = 4868.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.21 C = 70.19 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 8.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.19 C K Index: 24.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9148.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.46 mb = 1226.36 m = 4023.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.4 neg: -36.6 tot: 70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 113.06 m/s