MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 46.39,-87.75 Latitude: 46.39 Longitude: -87.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 954 409 10.9 5.2 68 5.7 7.9 159 13 287.9 289.0 283.1 304.4 5.81 2 950 444 11.0 5.1 67 5.9 7.9 161 19 288.3 289.4 283.3 304.8 5.79 3 900 892 7.4 3.8 78 3.6 5.6 165 36 289.2 290.2 283.4 305.1 5.59 4 850 1361 6.0 -1.3 59 7.3 2.7 186 47 292.4 293.2 283.2 304.4 4.09 5 800 1855 2.8 -2.7 67 5.5 0.4 196 43 294.1 294.8 283.7 305.7 3.93 6 750 2373 -1.8 -2.9 92 1.1 -2.3 197 38 294.6 295.3 284.1 306.7 4.11 7 700 2920 -4.7 -5.5 94 0.8 -5.0 199 37 297.3 297.9 284.6 308.1 3.61 8 650 3501 -6.7 -7.2 96 0.5 -6.9 194 39 301.4 302.0 285.9 311.8 3.42 9 600 4124 -8.5 -9.5 92 1.0 -8.9 184 47 306.3 306.9 287.4 316.0 3.10 10 550 4795 -11.8 -12.9 91 1.1 -12.2 185 53 310.1 310.6 288.2 318.4 2.58 11 500 5520 -16.1 -16.6 96 0.5 -16.2 193 49 313.4 313.8 288.8 320.3 2.09 12 450 6304 -22.3 -22.4 99 0.1 -22.4 196 49 315.2 315.4 288.7 319.9 1.41 13 400 7158 -28.8 -29.1 98 0.2 -28.9 192 54 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.5 0.86 14 350 8098 -36.8 -36.8 100 -0.0 -36.8 197 67 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.8 0.47 15 300 9144 -44.9 -45.9 89 1.0 -44.9 201 74 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.21 16 250 10354 -47.6 -62.5 17 14.9 -48.0 205 59 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.03 17 200 11808 -52.8 -70.4 10 17.6 -53.1 215 56 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13655 -53.5 -81.0 2 27.4 -53.9 223 59 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16242 -57.7 -84.8 2 27.0 -58.1 209 28 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5506.50 m Freezing level: 769.63 mb = 2170.09 m = 7119.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.11 mb = 1924.84 m = 6315.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.17 % Est. max temperature: 16.91 C = 62.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.22 mb = 1130.58 m = 3709.21 ft T: 6.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.68 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2045.79 m = 6711.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.22 C = 63.00 F Cap Strength: 8.26 C Lifted Index: 9.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 9.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 14.79 C K Index: 19.96 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12501.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.23 mb = 1494.29 m = 4902.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.4 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 219.4 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.6 neg: -14.6 tot: 312.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 65.73 m/s