MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 42.55,-88.47 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -88.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 967 281 14.6 12.9 90 1.7 13.6 186 17 290.5 292.2 288.1 317.9 9.70 2 950 434 13.7 12.3 92 1.3 12.9 189 28 291.1 292.7 288.1 318.0 9.51 3 900 888 10.6 10.3 98 0.4 10.4 201 38 292.5 294.0 287.9 317.5 8.76 4 850 1363 7.6 6.5 93 1.1 7.0 213 42 294.1 295.4 287.0 314.8 7.17 5 800 1862 6.8 -1.6 55 8.4 2.8 195 38 298.4 299.1 285.7 311.1 4.26 6 750 2389 3.4 -4.1 58 7.5 -0.0 188 46 300.3 300.9 285.9 311.6 3.75 7 700 2944 -1.8 -5.1 78 3.3 -3.3 188 51 300.5 301.2 285.9 311.8 3.73 8 650 3529 -5.8 -8.6 81 2.7 -6.9 200 59 302.4 302.9 286.0 311.8 3.08 9 600 4151 -10.2 -12.9 81 2.6 -11.1 209 61 304.3 304.7 285.9 311.7 2.37 10 550 4817 -14.6 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.1 213 71 306.8 307.1 286.4 313.0 1.94 11 500 5532 -19.1 -19.3 98 0.3 -19.1 207 67 309.8 310.1 287.2 315.2 1.66 12 450 6309 -24.0 -24.1 99 0.1 -24.0 197 60 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.1 1.21 13 400 7157 -31.0 -31.0 100 -0.0 -31.0 196 71 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.2 0.72 14 350 8087 -38.6 -41.1 77 2.5 -38.8 184 61 316.7 316.8 288.0 317.8 0.30 15 300 9139 -41.8 -61.1 10 19.3 -42.5 203 58 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.03 16 250 10363 -46.1 -67.3 7 21.2 -46.7 217 54 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.02 17 200 11837 -48.1 -76.0 3 27.8 -48.7 233 62 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 13717 -51.9 -80.8 2 28.9 -52.4 254 50 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16311 -57.9 -84.4 2 26.5 -58.3 275 36 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.89 m Freezing level: 717.44 mb = 2750.41 m = 9023.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.17 mb = 2387.55 m = 7833.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.10 % Est. max temperature: 20.90 C = 69.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.53 mb = 491.42 m = 1612.24 ft T: 13.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.90 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 913.08 m = 2995.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.65 C = 61.97 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 29.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.60 mb = 845.06 m = 2772.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.60 mb = 1078.28 m = 3537.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.60 mb = 1562.70 m = 5126.90 ft B at Equ Level: 12.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 789.60 mb = 1968.93 m = 6459.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 53.4 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.2 neg: -30.8 tot: 290.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 83.72 m/s