MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.24,-88.06 Latitude: 40.24 Longitude: -88.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 980 217 22.5 16.3 68 6.2 18.3 201 11 297.4 299.5 292.3 332.0 11.95 2 950 481 19.5 15.5 77 4.0 16.8 207 18 297.0 299.1 291.9 330.9 11.71 3 900 944 15.4 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 216 20 297.3 299.4 291.8 330.4 11.41 4 850 1428 14.7 9.6 71 5.1 11.6 232 28 301.6 303.2 291.1 327.8 8.86 5 800 1940 12.3 6.3 67 5.9 8.8 232 30 304.2 305.6 290.8 326.8 7.52 6 750 2478 8.7 4.0 72 4.7 6.1 230 30 306.0 307.3 290.7 326.7 6.82 7 700 3045 4.7 1.6 80 3.1 3.1 228 29 307.7 308.9 290.7 326.6 6.17 8 650 3645 0.6 -5.0 66 5.7 -2.0 237 27 309.7 310.4 289.5 322.3 4.04 9 600 4283 -3.8 -9.4 65 5.6 -6.1 246 35 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.6 3.12 10 550 4964 -8.0 -10.8 80 2.8 -9.1 242 45 314.6 315.2 290.1 324.5 3.06 11 500 5700 -12.1 -14.3 84 2.2 -12.9 239 50 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.6 2.53 12 450 6498 -16.9 -19.2 82 2.3 -17.6 239 50 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.3 1.85 13 400 7372 -23.0 -23.2 99 0.1 -23.1 239 52 325.1 325.3 291.7 330.2 1.48 14 350 8336 -30.1 -30.1 100 -0.0 -30.1 233 54 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.90 15 300 9414 -38.5 -38.8 98 0.2 -38.6 229 58 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.45 16 250 10640 -48.7 -48.7 99 0.0 -48.7 231 72 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 17 200 12073 -57.0 -62.8 48 5.8 -57.1 253 95 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 13896 -57.6 -79.0 5 21.4 -57.9 248 65 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16401 -65.6 -83.9 6 18.3 -65.7 250 44 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.29 m Freezing level: 643.13 mb = 3732.95 m = 12247.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.57 mb = 3405.18 m = 11171.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.00 mb = 1000.44 m = 3282.24 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1849.59 m = 6068.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.08 mb = 1075.86 m = 3529.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.08 mb = 3149.12 m = 10331.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 371.08 mb = 7913.87 m = 25963.84 ft B at Equ Level: 168.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.08 mb = 10873.33 m = 35673.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.3 neg: -10.7 tot: 96.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 53.84 m/s