MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.8,-90.44 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 983 212 15.4 3.9 46 11.5 9.4 300 13 289.9 290.8 283.2 304.7 5.14 2 950 504 14.0 3.4 49 10.6 8.5 304 27 291.4 292.3 283.9 306.3 5.16 3 900 958 11.5 1.4 50 10.1 6.5 301 35 293.4 294.2 284.2 307.1 4.71 4 850 1433 8.3 0.1 56 8.2 4.3 288 30 294.8 295.7 284.6 308.2 4.52 5 800 1931 4.7 -1.6 64 6.3 1.8 267 28 296.2 296.9 284.9 308.8 4.26 6 750 2453 1.0 -2.8 76 3.8 -0.7 251 35 297.7 298.5 285.4 310.1 4.16 7 700 3005 -1.8 -5.7 74 3.9 -3.5 245 37 300.5 301.1 285.8 311.3 3.56 8 650 3592 -4.8 -18.4 34 13.6 -8.9 248 43 303.5 303.8 284.5 308.0 1.38 9 600 4216 -9.0 -14.5 64 5.5 -10.8 251 64 305.7 306.1 286.2 312.3 2.08 10 550 4885 -12.4 -14.8 82 2.4 -13.2 249 80 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.4 2.20 11 500 5612 -14.2 -32.2 20 18.0 -17.8 242 94 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.6 0.51 12 450 6404 -18.9 -40.8 13 21.9 -22.1 241 82 319.4 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.24 13 400 7268 -25.4 -45.4 14 20.0 -27.5 250 92 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.17 14 350 8225 -31.6 -46.6 21 15.0 -32.9 247 107 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.17 15 300 9298 -38.9 -54.8 17 15.9 -39.8 249 116 330.5 330.6 291.9 330.9 0.08 16 250 10528 -46.6 -60.7 19 14.1 -47.0 253 114 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 11983 -53.8 -68.3 15 14.5 -54.1 249 96 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13802 -61.1 -77.9 9 16.7 -61.3 250 66 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16326 -59.7 -84.5 3 24.9 -60.0 256 37 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5541.89 m Freezing level: 731.67 mb = 2655.68 m = 8712.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.88 mb = 2304.86 m = 7561.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.91 % Est. max temperature: 20.72 C = 69.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.85 mb = 1659.72 m = 5445.21 ft T: 6.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 711.72 mb = 2872.42 m = 9423.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lifted Index: 10.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.10 C Showalter Index: 9.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 14.27 C K Index: 18.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12165.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.60 mb = 1975.38 m = 6480.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: -74.0 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 221.17 m/s