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: 46.84,-87.16 Latitude: 46.84 Longitude: -87.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 979 203 12.5 7.2 70 5.3 9.6 148 22 287.4 288.5 283.7 305.7 6.49 2 950 453 10.6 4.3 65 6.3 7.4 154 32 288.0 289.0 282.8 303.6 5.50 3 900 901 7.5 2.1 68 5.4 4.8 167 41 289.2 290.1 282.7 303.3 4.93 4 850 1371 6.3 -2.6 53 8.9 2.2 188 40 292.7 293.4 282.8 303.6 3.70 5 800 1865 3.4 -4.2 58 7.6 0.1 197 34 294.8 295.4 283.5 305.2 3.50 6 750 2385 -0.9 -4.6 76 3.7 -2.4 201 31 295.6 296.3 284.0 306.4 3.62 7 700 2932 -4.6 -6.2 89 1.5 -5.3 193 34 297.4 298.0 284.5 307.7 3.45 8 650 3513 -6.4 -7.7 90 1.4 -6.9 183 46 301.8 302.4 286.0 311.8 3.28 9 600 4138 -7.7 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.1 183 52 307.2 307.8 287.9 317.6 3.34 10 550 4811 -11.1 -13.3 84 2.2 -11.9 181 53 310.9 311.4 288.4 319.0 2.49 11 500 5536 -16.0 -16.7 94 0.7 -16.2 185 53 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.3 2.07 12 450 6321 -22.0 -22.6 95 0.6 -22.1 191 50 315.6 315.9 288.8 320.3 1.39 13 400 7176 -28.5 -28.7 98 0.2 -28.5 196 48 318.0 318.1 289.0 321.1 0.89 14 350 8117 -36.9 -36.9 100 -0.0 -36.9 197 55 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.7 0.46 15 300 9163 -44.7 -49.1 61 4.4 -44.9 202 67 322.3 322.4 289.6 322.9 0.15 16 250 10370 -49.2 -60.9 24 11.8 -49.5 204 55 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.04 17 200 11815 -54.2 -68.7 15 14.5 -54.5 213 56 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13657 -52.2 -81.1 2 28.9 -52.7 225 57 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16244 -57.1 -84.9 2 27.8 -57.6 207 31 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5513.43 m Freezing level: 760.34 mb = 2277.39 m = 7471.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.44 mb = 1880.90 m = 6170.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.34 % Est. max temperature: 18.62 C = 65.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.17 mb = 872.00 m = 2860.85 ft T: 7.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km ThetaE index: 2.33 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.41 mb = 2168.66 m = 7114.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.31 C = 68.56 F Cap Strength: 9.62 C Lifted Index: 10.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: 10.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 13.38 C K Index: 18.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12629.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.39 mb = 1386.10 m = 4547.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.1 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 214.1 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.7 neg: -14.9 tot: 241.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 63.81 m/s