MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.87,-90.50 Latitude: 40.87 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 980 217 19.2 4.3 37 14.9 11.1 188 16 294.1 295.0 285.1 309.5 5.30 2 950 480 18.7 3.8 37 14.9 10.6 197 31 296.2 297.1 285.9 311.7 5.28 3 900 941 15.5 3.3 44 12.2 9.0 216 39 297.5 298.5 286.5 313.4 5.41 4 850 1422 11.6 2.6 54 9.0 6.8 227 42 298.3 299.3 286.9 314.4 5.44 5 800 1925 6.9 1.1 67 5.7 3.9 235 43 298.5 299.4 286.7 313.9 5.20 6 750 2451 2.2 -1.4 77 3.6 0.5 244 43 298.9 299.8 286.3 312.7 4.61 7 700 3004 -1.6 -4.5 81 2.9 -2.9 252 46 300.7 301.4 286.2 312.6 3.92 8 650 3597 0.2 -11.7 40 11.9 -4.5 244 52 309.2 309.6 287.7 316.9 2.40 9 600 4236 -2.2 -16.9 31 14.7 -7.3 238 63 313.6 313.9 288.5 319.2 1.70 10 550 4921 -6.6 -26.1 20 19.5 -11.8 236 66 316.3 316.4 288.5 319.1 0.83 11 500 5659 -10.0 -31.6 15 21.6 -14.9 236 75 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.7 0.54 12 450 6465 -14.6 -47.3 4 32.7 -19.2 240 69 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.12 13 400 7343 -22.2 -46.3 9 24.1 -25.1 249 76 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 14 350 8308 -30.4 -48.1 16 17.7 -32.0 248 82 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.14 15 300 9381 -39.6 -51.3 28 11.7 -40.4 249 87 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 16 250 10605 -48.3 -56.2 40 7.9 -48.6 258 97 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.08 17 200 12045 -57.3 -63.7 44 6.4 -57.4 265 92 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 13846 -59.8 -77.3 8 17.5 -60.0 242 61 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16362 -63.8 -84.1 5 20.4 -64.0 242 40 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.19 m Freezing level: 721.22 mb = 2769.05 m = 9084.72 ft Freezing level: 655.35 mb = 3533.07 m = 11591.31 ft Freezing level: 645.94 mb = 3648.45 m = 11969.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.69 mb = 2529.28 m = 8298.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.30 % Est. max temperature: 23.46 C = 74.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.46 mb = 2095.02 m = 6873.33 ft T: 5.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.18 C/km ThetaE index: 1.80 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2757.10 m = 9045.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.01 F Cap Strength: 8.95 C Lifted Index: 10.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: 9.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 12.66 C K Index: 21.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10233.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.68 mb = 2367.73 m = 7768.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 385.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 160.56 m/s