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: 41.10,-88.13 Latitude: 41.10 Longitude: -88.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 980 204 22.8 15.8 65 7.0 18.2 223 12 297.7 299.8 292.1 331.3 11.59 2 950 474 20.0 14.9 73 5.0 16.7 223 19 297.5 299.5 291.8 330.3 11.31 3 900 938 15.7 13.9 89 1.7 14.6 225 20 297.6 299.7 291.7 330.1 11.17 4 850 1421 13.3 11.2 87 2.1 12.0 228 26 300.1 301.9 291.5 329.1 9.89 5 800 1931 10.8 8.2 84 2.6 9.3 230 29 302.7 304.3 291.2 328.2 8.57 6 750 2466 7.4 3.5 76 4.0 5.2 231 28 304.6 305.9 290.1 324.5 6.56 7 700 3031 3.9 -4.7 54 8.5 -0.1 232 31 306.7 307.5 288.3 318.7 3.86 8 650 3628 -0.6 -10.3 48 9.7 -4.5 240 34 308.3 308.8 287.7 316.9 2.69 9 600 4263 -4.2 -15.3 41 11.2 -8.1 248 40 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.6 1.93 10 550 4944 -7.9 -19.3 39 11.4 -11.5 250 48 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.7 1.51 11 500 5679 -12.2 -20.0 53 7.7 -14.6 244 54 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.4 1.57 12 450 6476 -17.4 -22.4 65 5.1 -18.7 236 57 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.40 13 400 7349 -23.5 -27.3 71 3.8 -24.3 237 65 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.02 14 350 8311 -30.4 -30.6 99 0.1 -30.4 245 76 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.8 0.86 15 300 9388 -38.9 -38.9 100 -0.0 -38.9 243 83 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.44 16 250 10611 -49.1 -49.1 99 0.1 -49.1 234 89 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.17 17 200 12044 -56.6 -65.5 32 8.9 -56.8 251 91 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 13870 -58.0 -79.1 5 21.2 -58.2 250 63 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16385 -64.2 -84.0 5 19.9 -64.3 253 44 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.52 m Freezing level: 656.32 mb = 3552.74 m = 11655.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.91 mb = 3020.31 m = 9909.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.90 mb = 1090.39 m = 3577.36 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1477.33 m = 4846.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 28.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.93 mb = 1147.73 m = 3765.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.93 mb = 2654.66 m = 8709.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.93 mb = 8049.74 m = 26409.60 ft B at Equ Level: 213.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.93 mb = 11064.90 m = 36301.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 4.23 Bulk Shear: 50.51 m/s