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: 42.23,-83.33 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -83.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 980 216 25.6 13.9 48 11.7 17.9 215 12 300.5 302.3 291.9 330.5 10.21 2 950 488 23.9 12.5 49 11.5 16.6 221 24 301.5 303.3 291.7 329.9 9.62 3 900 958 19.4 11.6 61 7.8 14.4 224 29 301.5 303.3 291.6 329.8 9.57 4 850 1446 14.7 10.7 77 4.0 12.2 226 32 301.5 303.3 291.6 329.8 9.55 5 800 1955 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 230 34 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.6 9.33 6 750 2491 7.6 6.4 92 1.3 6.9 246 35 304.9 306.4 291.5 329.1 8.06 7 700 3057 4.2 1.1 80 3.1 2.6 250 37 307.2 308.3 290.4 325.4 5.94 8 650 3656 0.5 -7.0 57 7.4 -2.8 248 38 309.5 310.1 288.9 320.5 3.49 9 600 4293 -3.6 -10.5 59 6.9 -6.4 248 39 312.0 312.5 289.1 321.1 2.86 10 550 4976 -7.3 -12.8 65 5.5 -9.4 244 38 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.9 2.60 11 500 5712 -11.8 -14.8 79 2.9 -12.9 244 41 318.6 319.1 290.7 326.7 2.43 12 450 6512 -17.0 -18.1 91 1.1 -17.3 249 41 321.9 322.3 291.4 328.8 2.04 13 400 7385 -23.0 -23.1 99 0.1 -23.0 246 43 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.3 1.49 14 350 8350 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 239 50 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.1 0.88 15 300 9425 -39.4 -39.4 100 -0.0 -39.4 238 58 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.42 16 250 10644 -49.9 -50.0 100 0.0 -50.0 247 72 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.16 17 200 12068 -58.2 -63.0 54 4.8 -58.3 264 82 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 13887 -58.4 -78.5 6 20.1 -58.6 248 60 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16391 -64.7 -83.9 5 19.2 -64.8 262 40 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.24 m Freezing level: 644.29 mb = 3728.68 m = 12233.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.90 mb = 3339.95 m = 10957.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.29 mb = 1693.70 m = 5556.69 ft T: 12.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 10.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 1991.81 m = 6534.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.50 mb = 1897.67 m = 6225.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.50 mb = 3050.81 m = 10009.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.50 mb = 7192.96 m = 23598.67 ft B at Equ Level: 88.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.50 mb = 10117.42 m = 33193.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 177.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 37.84 m/s