MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.72,-86.28 Latitude: 41.72 Longitude: -86.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 232 17.8 15.9 89 1.9 16.6 197 5 292.9 295.0 290.6 326.3 11.71 2 950 469 19.0 15.2 78 3.9 16.5 212 13 296.5 298.6 291.6 329.7 11.49 3 900 932 16.9 12.2 74 4.7 14.0 224 22 298.9 300.8 291.2 328.1 9.98 4 850 1418 14.5 9.5 72 5.1 11.4 226 24 301.3 303.0 290.9 327.3 8.78 5 800 1928 11.0 7.2 77 3.8 8.8 224 27 302.9 304.4 290.8 326.8 8.00 6 750 2464 7.6 4.3 80 3.2 5.8 218 31 304.8 306.1 290.5 325.8 6.97 7 700 3030 4.1 0.7 78 3.5 2.3 210 35 307.1 308.1 290.2 324.7 5.74 8 650 3628 -0.2 -4.8 71 4.6 -2.3 209 34 308.8 309.5 289.2 321.6 4.12 9 600 4264 -4.5 -9.4 69 4.9 -6.5 218 32 310.9 311.5 289.0 320.8 3.12 10 550 4944 -8.3 -11.8 76 3.5 -9.6 231 36 314.2 314.8 289.8 323.3 2.81 11 500 5678 -12.4 -14.1 87 1.7 -13.0 223 43 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.3 2.57 12 450 6477 -16.9 -17.3 97 0.4 -17.0 214 53 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.4 2.19 13 400 7351 -23.1 -23.3 98 0.2 -23.1 216 50 325.0 325.3 291.7 330.1 1.46 14 350 8314 -30.5 -30.5 100 -0.0 -30.6 225 43 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.7 0.86 15 300 9389 -39.1 -39.2 100 0.0 -39.1 221 52 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.43 16 250 10612 -48.9 -49.6 93 0.7 -48.9 230 70 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.17 17 200 12051 -53.3 -61.8 35 8.5 -53.5 254 82 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 13876 -59.1 -79.0 6 20.0 -59.3 260 49 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.01 19 100 16389 -63.7 -84.0 5 20.3 -63.9 253 36 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.30 m Freezing level: 652.09 mb = 3603.22 m = 11821.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.10 mb = 3322.24 m = 10899.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.48 mb = 473.18 m = 1552.41 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.86 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.40 mb = 1840.39 m = 6037.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.76 mb = 1203.24 m = 3947.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.76 mb = 3302.39 m = 10834.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 466.76 mb = 6199.67 m = 20339.86 ft B at Equ Level: 105.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 326.76 mb = 8793.08 m = 28848.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -4.3 tot: 72.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 48.48 m/s