MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.66,-86.19 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -86.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 979 241 21.2 13.7 62 7.5 16.4 213 14 296.2 298.0 290.3 325.3 10.09 2 950 496 18.2 12.8 71 5.4 14.8 217 22 295.7 297.5 290.0 324.1 9.85 3 900 958 16.9 13.2 79 3.7 14.5 232 28 298.9 300.8 291.7 330.0 10.64 4 850 1445 15.3 10.5 73 4.7 12.3 231 30 302.1 303.9 291.7 330.1 9.43 5 800 1956 11.7 8.0 78 3.7 9.5 235 31 303.6 305.2 291.4 328.9 8.45 6 750 2494 8.3 5.2 81 3.1 6.5 242 33 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.0 7.42 7 700 3061 5.0 0.2 71 4.8 2.5 242 39 308.0 309.1 290.3 325.1 5.56 8 650 3662 1.1 -5.2 63 6.3 -1.9 245 44 310.2 310.9 289.6 322.7 3.99 9 600 4300 -3.2 -10.9 55 7.6 -6.3 245 46 312.4 312.9 289.2 321.3 2.78 10 550 4983 -7.4 -17.0 46 9.6 -10.6 245 49 315.3 315.7 289.2 321.4 1.83 11 500 5718 -12.3 -21.4 47 9.1 -14.9 245 52 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.7 1.39 12 450 6515 -17.9 -25.3 52 7.4 -19.7 246 55 320.7 321.0 290.1 324.5 1.09 13 400 7385 -23.4 -29.6 56 6.3 -24.6 248 55 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.5 0.82 14 350 8348 -30.5 -36.3 57 5.7 -31.3 249 58 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.4 0.49 15 300 9423 -39.5 -42.7 71 3.3 -39.7 245 57 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.29 16 250 10641 -50.6 -52.0 86 1.3 -50.7 252 64 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.13 17 200 12069 -55.6 -66.8 24 11.2 -55.8 259 67 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 13904 -58.0 -78.7 5 20.6 -58.3 248 51 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16395 -66.1 -83.5 7 17.4 -66.2 246 48 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.11 m Freezing level: 637.61 mb = 3819.93 m = 12532.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.39 mb = 3399.04 m = 11151.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.75 mb = 1190.46 m = 3905.65 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.78 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.18 mb = 2165.06 m = 7103.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6032.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.95 mb = 1325.86 m = 4349.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 64.49 m/s