MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.48,-90.91 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 969 300 19.3 -0.1 27 19.4 9.6 198 20 295.1 295.8 284.1 306.7 3.91 2 950 469 16.6 -2.3 27 18.9 7.6 200 31 294.0 294.6 283.0 304.0 3.38 3 900 925 12.0 -3.5 34 15.5 4.9 202 37 293.8 294.4 282.8 303.6 3.27 4 850 1399 7.5 -4.3 43 11.8 2.3 203 38 294.0 294.6 282.9 303.7 3.27 5 800 1895 4.7 -5.2 49 9.9 0.4 212 44 296.2 296.8 283.8 305.9 3.25 6 750 2422 5.3 -4.6 49 9.9 0.8 213 50 302.3 303.0 286.5 313.4 3.62 7 700 2985 4.1 -5.4 50 9.5 -0.3 213 50 307.0 307.7 288.2 318.4 3.65 8 650 3584 1.1 -11.9 37 13.0 -4.1 212 47 310.2 310.6 288.0 317.7 2.36 9 600 4223 -3.1 -14.2 42 11.1 -7.2 209 44 312.5 312.9 288.6 319.5 2.12 10 550 4905 -8.2 -16.3 52 8.1 -10.9 218 51 314.3 314.7 289.0 320.7 1.95 11 500 5637 -13.7 -19.5 62 5.8 -15.4 226 59 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.8 1.63 12 450 6429 -19.1 -29.4 40 10.3 -21.2 236 67 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.8 0.75 13 400 7295 -24.8 -31.1 56 6.3 -25.9 233 69 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.71 14 350 8252 -32.4 -44.2 30 11.8 -33.5 240 71 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.9 0.22 15 300 9320 -40.4 -50.7 32 10.3 -41.0 251 90 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.12 16 250 10537 -49.5 -59.0 32 9.6 -49.8 258 96 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 17 200 11976 -54.6 -67.7 18 13.1 -54.9 262 88 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13795 -58.1 -77.8 6 19.7 -58.3 242 66 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16329 -61.5 -84.3 3 22.8 -61.8 236 48 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.02 m Freezing level: 637.23 mb = 3747.19 m = 12293.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.95 mb = 2835.32 m = 9302.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.80 % Est. max temperature: 19.53 C = 67.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.12 mb = 2708.56 m = 8886.24 ft T: 4.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 533.89 mb = 5133.10 m = 16840.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.99 C = 102.17 F Cap Strength: 12.47 C Lifted Index: 12.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.28 C Showalter Index: 12.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 9.44 C K Index: 7.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 209.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13754.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.04 mb = 2834.32 m = 9298.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.4 neg: -9.6 tot: 207.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 49.91 m/s