MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.74,-83.90 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -83.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -42 SFC 969 227 20.2 15.8 76 4.4 17.3 188 17 296.0 298.1 291.7 329.8 11.74 2 950 399 19.6 15.1 75 4.5 16.7 190 31 297.1 299.2 291.7 330.2 11.45 3 900 862 16.0 13.9 88 2.0 14.6 191 42 297.9 300.0 291.8 330.4 11.17 4 850 1346 12.7 12.2 97 0.5 12.4 196 54 299.4 301.4 291.8 330.4 10.57 5 800 1854 10.0 9.5 96 0.5 9.7 206 62 301.8 303.5 291.6 329.5 9.33 6 750 2390 7.7 6.7 94 0.9 7.1 203 67 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.7 8.26 7 700 2956 4.1 2.9 92 1.2 3.4 201 66 307.0 308.2 291.0 327.5 6.74 8 650 3556 0.5 -0.7 91 1.2 -0.1 196 66 309.6 310.6 290.8 326.9 5.60 9 600 4195 -3.0 -4.5 89 1.5 -3.7 192 67 312.6 313.5 290.9 327.0 4.56 10 550 4880 -6.7 -8.2 89 1.5 -7.4 194 70 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.2 3.75 11 500 5620 -10.3 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 205 70 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.6 3.36 12 450 6425 -14.7 -15.1 97 0.4 -14.8 210 69 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.7 2.64 13 400 7308 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 213 68 328.6 329.0 293.2 335.3 1.91 14 350 8284 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 214 68 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.17 15 300 9374 -36.2 -36.2 100 -0.0 -36.2 217 77 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.58 16 250 10611 -46.7 -46.7 100 -0.0 -46.7 225 91 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.23 17 200 12058 -54.3 -62.4 36 8.1 -54.5 238 90 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 13886 -59.7 -78.9 7 19.2 -59.9 245 52 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16384 -63.3 -84.3 4 21.0 -63.4 243 33 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.43 m Freezing level: 642.34 mb = 3653.69 m = 11987.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.39 mb = 3538.54 m = 11609.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.00 % Est. max temperature: 25.05 C = 77.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.36 mb = 782.83 m = 2568.32 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1247.49 m = 4092.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.31 C = 73.95 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.04 mb = 1061.65 m = 3483.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.04 mb = 2678.74 m = 8788.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 534.04 mb = 5108.64 m = 16760.44 ft B at Equ Level: 51.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 444.04 mb = 6525.33 m = 21408.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.7 at 61.7 knts Storm direction: 228.7 at 46.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 382.3 neg: -40.4 tot: 342.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 129.27 m/s