MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.05,-88.72 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -88.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 974 262 14.9 3.4 46 11.5 8.9 185 17 290.2 291.1 283.2 304.6 5.00 2 950 473 14.1 2.7 46 11.5 8.2 189 32 291.5 292.4 283.7 305.6 4.88 3 900 927 12.1 2.3 51 9.7 7.1 208 46 293.9 294.8 284.8 308.6 5.03 4 850 1405 10.6 2.8 59 7.8 6.5 234 45 297.2 298.2 286.6 313.5 5.52 5 800 1906 6.3 1.3 70 5.0 3.7 243 41 297.8 298.8 286.5 313.4 5.24 6 750 2431 1.6 -0.5 86 2.1 0.6 244 38 298.3 299.2 286.4 313.0 4.93 7 700 2983 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 243 38 299.4 300.2 286.1 312.2 4.25 8 650 3570 -2.9 -8.0 68 5.1 -5.0 245 42 305.6 306.2 287.3 315.6 3.21 9 600 4201 -6.2 -11.3 67 5.2 -8.1 238 50 309.0 309.5 287.9 317.5 2.68 10 550 4876 -10.6 -17.0 59 6.4 -12.6 240 64 311.5 311.9 287.9 317.5 1.83 11 500 5603 -14.4 -28.8 29 14.3 -17.6 235 75 315.4 315.6 288.1 317.9 0.71 12 450 6397 -17.8 -44.0 8 26.2 -21.4 226 76 320.8 320.9 289.2 321.5 0.17 13 400 7266 -23.9 -46.5 11 22.6 -26.4 235 86 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.5 0.15 14 350 8227 -30.7 -48.7 15 18.0 -32.3 239 97 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.13 15 300 9300 -40.1 -51.7 28 11.6 -40.8 237 101 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.11 16 250 10519 -48.2 -59.5 26 11.4 -48.5 246 110 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 17 200 11963 -56.1 -66.4 26 10.3 -56.3 243 98 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13774 -59.2 -78.0 7 18.8 -59.4 236 69 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16327 -61.0 -84.4 3 23.4 -61.3 233 44 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.69 m Freezing level: 731.92 mb = 2630.74 m = 8630.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.80 mb = 2519.22 m = 8265.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.83 % Est. max temperature: 22.18 C = 71.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.71 mb = 1715.11 m = 5626.92 ft T: 7.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.36 mb = 2731.43 m = 8961.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.51 C = 74.31 F Cap Strength: 7.85 C Lifted Index: 9.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 17.27 C K Index: 27.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11671.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.69 mb = 2032.50 m = 6668.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 37.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.6 neg: -12.5 tot: 441.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 152.26 m/s