MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.46,-89.03 Latitude: 42.46 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 977 258 8.3 2.0 65 6.2 5.3 278 18 283.3 284.0 279.5 295.9 4.52 2 950 491 5.4 1.0 73 4.4 3.4 280 30 282.7 283.4 279.0 294.8 4.32 3 900 930 1.0 -0.3 91 1.3 0.4 282 36 282.5 283.3 278.7 294.2 4.14 4 850 1386 -2.4 -3.4 93 0.9 -2.8 288 40 283.6 284.2 278.4 293.5 3.50 5 800 1865 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.6 -5.8 284 37 285.2 285.8 278.6 293.9 3.01 6 750 2368 -8.8 -8.9 100 0.0 -8.8 282 36 287.0 287.4 278.9 294.6 2.60 7 700 2900 -11.0 -12.1 92 1.0 -11.3 284 37 290.3 290.7 279.8 296.7 2.16 8 650 3466 -14.2 -15.9 87 1.7 -14.6 284 41 292.9 293.3 280.5 298.1 1.70 9 600 4070 -16.4 -19.9 74 3.5 -17.3 287 44 297.1 297.3 281.8 301.2 1.31 10 550 4722 -18.6 -33.9 25 15.2 -21.0 292 49 302.0 302.1 282.7 303.4 0.40 11 500 5426 -23.7 -29.9 57 6.2 -24.7 290 53 304.2 304.3 283.9 306.3 0.64 12 450 6185 -30.1 -35.1 62 5.0 -30.7 286 55 305.4 305.5 284.1 306.9 0.43 13 400 7011 -37.1 -40.4 71 3.3 -37.4 290 55 306.7 306.8 284.5 307.7 0.28 14 350 7920 -43.5 -47.4 66 3.9 -43.7 288 56 310.0 310.0 285.5 310.6 0.15 15 300 8957 -43.5 -63.5 9 19.9 -44.1 288 62 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.03 16 250 10177 -44.9 -71.5 3 26.7 -45.5 288 62 339.4 339.4 294.1 339.4 0.01 17 200 11668 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 292 55 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 18 150 13567 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 281 47 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16194 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 278 34 424.9 424.9 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5356.74 m Freezing level: 885.33 mb = 1063.86 m = 3490.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 893.33 mb = 989.31 m = 3245.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.90 % Est. max temperature: 9.33 C = 48.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.50 mb = 1032.65 m = 3387.93 ft T: 0.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1117.55 m = 3666.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.99 C = 46.39 F Cap Strength: 8.30 C Lifted Index: 9.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 9.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 16.85 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.25 mb = 1089.03 m = 3572.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.25 mb = 1226.00 m = 4022.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 747.25 mb = 2396.52 m = 7862.50 ft B at Equ Level: 6.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 717.25 mb = 2712.50 m = 8899.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.1 neg: -26.3 tot: 115.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 28.35 m/s