MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.61,-86.19 Latitude: 41.61 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 28 SFC 976 243 23.4 16.2 64 7.2 18.6 215 12 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.6 11.98 2 950 473 22.2 15.0 64 7.2 17.4 215 22 299.7 301.8 292.5 333.0 11.37 3 900 940 17.8 13.9 78 3.9 15.2 215 26 299.8 301.8 292.4 332.4 11.13 4 850 1426 13.5 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 216 26 300.3 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.75 5 800 1935 10.5 9.5 94 0.9 9.9 224 26 302.3 304.0 291.7 330.1 9.37 6 750 2471 7.7 3.4 74 4.3 5.3 235 31 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.6 6.50 7 700 3036 3.8 -1.5 68 5.3 1.1 237 33 306.7 307.6 289.3 321.7 4.89 8 650 3634 0.0 -6.9 59 7.0 -3.0 241 35 309.0 309.6 288.7 320.0 3.49 9 600 4271 -3.3 -12.6 49 9.3 -6.8 248 39 312.3 312.7 288.8 320.1 2.42 10 550 4954 -7.4 -19.1 39 11.7 -11.1 254 43 315.3 315.5 288.9 320.4 1.53 11 500 5690 -11.9 -23.0 39 11.0 -14.9 253 50 318.5 318.8 289.6 322.7 1.21 12 450 6489 -16.4 -20.2 72 3.8 -17.5 246 61 322.6 323.0 291.3 328.5 1.71 13 400 7365 -22.2 -23.9 86 1.7 -22.7 233 63 326.1 326.4 292.0 331.0 1.38 14 350 8331 -29.9 -30.9 91 1.0 -30.0 233 69 328.5 328.7 292.1 331.5 0.83 15 300 9409 -38.7 -38.9 98 0.2 -38.7 238 74 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.44 16 250 10632 -49.5 -49.5 100 0.0 -49.5 248 84 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 17 200 12056 -59.1 -62.4 66 3.2 -59.2 251 96 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 13879 -57.3 -79.1 5 21.8 -57.6 248 63 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16386 -65.2 -83.9 6 18.6 -65.4 253 45 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.95 m Freezing level: 649.86 mb = 3636.03 m = 11929.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.38 mb = 3194.80 m = 10481.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.71 mb = 1153.48 m = 3784.34 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1490.24 m = 4889.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.25 mb = 1383.96 m = 4540.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.25 mb = 1735.67 m = 5694.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.25 mb = 10134.58 m = 33249.54 ft B at Equ Level: 342.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.25 mb = 12750.16 m = 41830.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 7.16 Bulk Shear: 47.97 m/s