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: 42.82,-87.44 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -87.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 985 175 16.9 8.9 59 8.0 12.3 189 28 291.4 292.6 286.1 312.1 7.28 2 950 480 14.5 2.7 45 11.8 8.5 193 38 291.9 292.8 283.8 306.1 4.90 3 900 934 11.5 0.4 46 11.1 6.0 207 45 293.4 294.1 283.8 306.1 4.36 4 850 1410 9.4 0.4 53 9.0 4.9 229 47 296.0 296.8 285.2 309.7 4.63 5 800 1909 5.5 -0.7 64 6.2 2.5 243 41 297.0 297.9 285.5 310.6 4.55 6 750 2432 0.5 -1.6 86 2.1 -0.5 244 38 297.1 297.9 285.5 310.6 4.54 7 700 2982 -3.6 -3.7 99 0.1 -3.6 240 36 298.5 299.3 285.7 311.0 4.16 8 650 3564 -5.6 -7.0 90 1.4 -6.1 233 40 302.6 303.3 286.5 313.4 3.49 9 600 4193 -6.1 -11.3 67 5.2 -8.1 228 52 309.0 309.5 287.9 317.6 2.68 10 550 4869 -10.3 -15.3 66 5.1 -12.0 224 61 311.9 312.3 288.3 318.7 2.11 11 500 5595 -16.6 -17.9 90 1.3 -17.0 227 65 312.8 313.1 288.4 318.9 1.87 12 450 6381 -19.5 -34.8 24 15.3 -22.1 227 81 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.44 13 400 7247 -24.9 -48.4 9 23.5 -27.3 229 80 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.0 0.12 14 350 8205 -31.6 -49.0 16 17.4 -33.0 231 94 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.13 15 300 9274 -40.9 -51.1 32 10.3 -41.5 234 101 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.12 16 250 10489 -49.3 -58.2 35 8.9 -49.6 245 106 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.06 17 200 11928 -55.6 -66.3 25 10.7 -55.8 238 98 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13755 -56.6 -79.9 4 23.3 -56.9 229 70 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16301 -61.3 -84.5 3 23.2 -61.6 244 47 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.72 m Freezing level: 744.00 mb = 2498.41 m = 8196.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.92 mb = 2347.26 m = 7700.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.58 % Est. max temperature: 21.87 C = 71.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.50 mb = 1182.62 m = 3879.95 ft T: 10.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 6.01 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2528.43 m = 8295.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Cap Strength: 8.22 C Lifted Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 17.02 C K Index: 26.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11976.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.74 mb = 1962.80 m = 6439.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 48.5 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.4 neg: -13.4 tot: 306.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 99.01 m/s