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: 42.05,-90.21 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -90.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 976 232 18.1 2.6 35 15.6 10.0 187 13 293.3 294.1 284.2 307.0 4.71 2 950 465 18.4 2.1 33 16.4 9.9 196 28 295.9 296.7 285.2 309.7 4.67 3 900 926 15.3 1.4 39 13.9 8.1 213 37 297.3 298.1 285.8 311.2 4.70 4 850 1406 11.1 0.6 48 10.5 5.8 222 40 297.8 298.6 285.9 311.8 4.71 5 800 1908 6.4 -0.4 62 6.8 3.1 228 42 298.0 298.8 285.9 311.8 4.65 6 750 2433 1.3 -1.6 81 2.9 -0.0 233 43 298.0 298.8 285.9 311.5 4.54 7 700 2983 -3.4 -3.7 98 0.2 -3.6 237 44 298.7 299.4 285.7 311.1 4.16 8 650 3570 -2.3 -8.4 63 6.1 -4.8 235 45 306.3 306.9 287.5 316.1 3.12 9 600 4204 -4.2 -14.7 44 10.5 -7.9 232 55 311.2 311.6 288.1 317.8 2.03 10 550 4885 -7.9 -19.9 37 12.0 -11.6 226 64 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.5 1.43 11 500 5618 -13.3 -25.3 36 12.0 -16.3 225 68 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.2 0.98 12 450 6413 -16.6 -34.9 19 18.2 -20.0 224 77 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.44 13 400 7287 -22.9 -49.0 7 26.2 -25.7 243 81 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.11 14 350 8252 -30.3 -48.8 15 18.5 -31.9 241 91 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.13 15 300 9327 -39.2 -53.4 21 14.2 -40.0 243 99 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 16 250 10552 -47.8 -58.7 27 10.9 -48.1 250 102 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 17 200 11992 -57.2 -64.6 39 7.3 -57.4 251 94 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13802 -59.1 -77.7 7 18.6 -59.3 235 66 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16331 -61.9 -84.4 3 22.6 -62.1 245 42 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.01 m Freezing level: 736.37 mb = 2582.67 m = 8473.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.63 mb = 2425.81 m = 7958.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.00 % Est. max temperature: 22.69 C = 72.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.06 mb = 2186.35 m = 7172.97 ft T: 3.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.74 C/km ThetaE index: 0.64 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2787.37 m = 9144.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.83 F Cap Strength: 8.87 C Lifted Index: 8.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 7.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 13.93 C K Index: 24.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10514.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.73 mb = 2542.55 m = 8341.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 49.8 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 310.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 310.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 119.64 m/s