MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 44.51,-82.25 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -82.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 985 175 15.8 13.1 84 2.7 14.2 197 16 290.3 292.0 287.9 317.6 9.69 2 950 480 15.1 9.4 69 5.7 11.7 210 24 292.5 293.9 287.0 314.8 7.79 3 900 938 14.4 11.9 85 2.5 12.9 225 26 296.3 298.1 290.2 324.6 9.77 4 850 1421 13.2 10.6 84 2.6 11.6 225 36 299.9 301.7 291.0 327.7 9.46 5 800 1930 10.0 7.7 85 2.4 8.6 225 40 301.8 303.3 290.6 326.3 8.24 6 750 2463 6.1 4.8 92 1.3 5.4 233 40 303.2 304.5 290.2 324.9 7.23 7 700 3026 2.7 2.5 99 0.2 2.6 243 40 305.5 306.7 290.4 325.4 6.57 8 650 3622 -0.8 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 245 45 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.9 5.46 9 600 4258 -4.1 -4.4 98 0.3 -4.3 248 50 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.8 4.60 10 550 4940 -7.8 -8.7 93 0.9 -8.1 251 48 314.9 315.6 290.7 326.5 3.61 11 500 5676 -12.1 -13.1 92 1.0 -12.5 242 45 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.5 2.79 12 450 6474 -17.6 -17.7 99 0.2 -17.6 237 42 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.3 2.11 13 400 7346 -23.4 -24.0 95 0.6 -23.5 237 46 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.4 1.38 14 350 8309 -30.6 -35.0 65 4.4 -31.3 240 50 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.5 0.56 15 300 9383 -39.8 -41.7 82 1.9 -40.0 240 54 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.5 0.33 16 250 10598 -51.1 -51.3 97 0.2 -51.1 240 56 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 12016 -57.4 -66.0 32 8.7 -57.5 245 55 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 13842 -58.6 -78.1 6 19.5 -58.9 242 54 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16352 -63.9 -84.0 5 20.1 -64.1 268 33 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.45 m Freezing level: 661.00 mb = 3491.12 m = 11453.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.05 mb = 3462.32 m = 11359.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.05 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.93 mb = 516.84 m = 1695.66 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 2.85 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.71 mb = 2152.51 m = 7061.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lifted Index: 4.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8420.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.71 mb = 1111.69 m = 3647.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 77.48 m/s