MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 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 43 SFC 980 216 21.4 15.0 67 6.4 17.2 212 9 296.2 298.2 291.2 328.0 11.01 2 950 488 21.9 13.5 59 8.4 16.5 221 22 299.4 301.3 291.6 329.7 10.32 3 900 955 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.4 223 27 300.3 302.1 291.6 329.7 9.99 4 850 1442 14.5 10.2 75 4.3 11.8 226 29 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.6 9.21 5 800 1952 11.5 6.3 70 5.2 8.5 234 32 303.4 304.8 290.5 325.9 7.50 6 750 2489 8.0 3.0 70 5.1 5.2 234 33 305.3 306.5 290.1 324.5 6.33 7 700 3055 4.1 0.1 75 4.0 2.0 229 32 307.0 308.0 290.0 324.0 5.53 8 650 3654 0.3 -3.7 74 4.0 -1.6 224 30 309.3 310.2 289.8 323.3 4.48 9 600 4292 -2.6 -10.2 56 7.6 -5.7 231 29 313.1 313.6 289.5 322.5 2.93 10 550 4977 -7.0 -14.7 55 7.6 -9.8 240 30 315.7 316.2 289.7 323.1 2.23 11 500 5713 -11.7 -15.2 75 3.5 -13.0 242 35 318.7 319.2 290.7 326.5 2.34 12 450 6513 -16.8 -17.4 95 0.6 -17.0 240 41 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.5 2.18 13 400 7387 -22.8 -23.0 99 0.1 -22.9 240 46 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.5 1.50 14 350 8352 -30.0 -30.3 97 0.4 -30.0 245 50 328.3 328.5 292.1 331.5 0.88 15 300 9430 -38.8 -39.2 96 0.4 -38.9 247 51 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.43 16 250 10651 -50.1 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.1 249 55 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 17 200 12075 -58.9 -61.0 77 2.1 -58.9 267 82 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 18 150 13890 -58.4 -79.0 5 20.6 -58.6 253 53 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16397 -63.9 -84.0 5 20.0 -64.1 260 33 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.34 m Freezing level: 644.34 mb = 3725.81 m = 12223.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.68 mb = 3388.36 m = 11116.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.47 mb = 1026.34 m = 3367.21 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 7.20 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2093.30 m = 6867.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.44 mb = 1557.07 m = 5108.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.44 mb = 3130.66 m = 10271.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 603.44 mb = 4246.58 m = 13932.18 ft B at Equ Level: 25.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 363.44 mb = 8079.77 m = 26508.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.7 neg: -16.3 tot: 97.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 19.99 m/s