MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 40.03,-89.03 Latitude: 40.03 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -65 SFC 969 205 14.8 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 115 18 290.6 292.4 288.8 320.1 10.45 2 950 370 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 117 32 291.1 293.0 288.8 320.2 10.26 3 900 825 12.1 11.0 93 1.1 11.4 136 45 294.0 295.6 288.9 320.4 9.20 4 850 1304 10.5 8.9 90 1.5 9.6 153 49 297.1 298.6 289.3 321.7 8.46 5 800 1808 7.8 7.0 95 0.7 7.3 165 48 299.4 300.9 289.6 322.7 7.89 6 750 2337 4.8 4.4 98 0.3 4.6 171 47 301.8 303.0 289.6 322.7 7.03 7 700 2897 1.4 1.3 99 0.1 1.3 174 47 304.0 305.1 289.4 322.1 5.99 8 650 3490 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.2 -2.0 177 48 306.8 307.7 289.4 322.2 5.02 9 600 4122 -5.9 -6.2 97 0.3 -6.0 179 48 309.3 310.1 289.3 321.9 4.00 10 550 4798 -10.2 -11.2 92 1.0 -10.6 186 51 312.0 312.5 289.2 321.4 2.95 11 500 5527 -14.7 -15.6 92 0.9 -15.0 188 51 315.2 315.6 289.5 322.6 2.27 12 450 6317 -19.9 -20.1 98 0.2 -20.0 194 52 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.0 1.72 13 400 7181 -25.9 -26.0 99 0.1 -25.9 202 56 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.2 1.14 14 350 8134 -33.4 -33.4 100 0.0 -33.4 203 58 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.0 0.65 15 300 9196 -42.3 -42.3 100 -0.0 -42.3 205 61 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.31 16 250 10401 -52.8 -52.8 100 0.0 -52.8 209 68 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.11 17 200 11817 -51.2 -67.7 12 16.5 -51.5 226 80 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 13725 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 244 34 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 16344 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 258 28 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.68 m Freezing level: 679.29 mb = 3142.69 m = 10310.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.41 mb = 3124.23 m = 10249.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.40 % Est. max temperature: 22.69 C = 72.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.80 mb = 301.14 m = 987.97 ft T: 14.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 0.60 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1113.78 m = 3654.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.04 C = 68.07 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8441.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.23 mb = 767.20 m = 2517.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.3 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 202.3 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 581.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 581.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 193.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 174.13 m/s