MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 42.15,-83.90 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -83.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 974 256 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 14.0 204 19 290.7 292.4 288.2 318.2 9.76 2 950 470 13.9 12.2 89 1.7 12.9 206 34 291.3 293.0 288.1 318.1 9.45 3 900 924 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 209 42 292.4 293.9 287.9 317.4 8.79 4 850 1399 7.7 7.3 97 0.4 7.5 213 46 294.3 295.6 287.5 316.1 7.58 5 800 1897 5.0 4.0 93 1.0 4.4 217 48 296.5 297.6 287.1 315.1 6.37 6 750 2421 2.2 0.7 90 1.5 1.4 216 49 298.9 299.9 287.0 314.8 5.35 7 700 2976 -0.7 -2.4 89 1.6 -1.5 209 51 301.7 302.5 287.3 315.6 4.60 8 650 3565 -4.0 -6.7 81 2.7 -5.1 209 54 304.4 305.1 287.2 315.4 3.55 9 600 4191 -8.9 -12.4 76 3.5 -10.1 215 63 305.9 306.3 286.6 313.6 2.46 10 550 4859 -13.0 -27.5 29 14.5 -16.2 219 78 308.7 308.8 285.7 311.1 0.73 11 500 5580 -16.6 -36.9 15 20.3 -19.9 218 89 312.8 312.8 286.7 313.9 0.32 12 450 6364 -20.3 -47.9 7 27.6 -23.4 223 92 317.7 317.7 288.1 318.1 0.11 13 400 7229 -25.3 -53.6 5 28.3 -27.7 233 105 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.4 0.06 14 350 8184 -32.8 -52.2 13 19.4 -34.1 236 113 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.09 15 300 9250 -40.9 -58.3 14 17.4 -41.6 238 112 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.05 16 250 10472 -46.8 -63.3 13 16.6 -47.3 244 96 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.03 17 200 11944 -48.0 -73.6 4 25.7 -48.6 245 81 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13808 -55.4 -80.2 3 24.9 -55.7 249 68 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16367 -61.4 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 254 56 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.88 m Freezing level: 712.74 mb = 2834.45 m = 9299.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.66 mb = 2686.38 m = 8813.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.85 % Est. max temperature: 20.03 C = 68.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.84 mb = 542.59 m = 1780.12 ft T: 13.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 884.12 m = 2900.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.98 C = 62.56 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 30.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.29 mb = 837.86 m = 2748.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.29 mb = 976.93 m = 3205.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.29 mb = 3512.25 m = 11523.01 ft B at Equ Level: 36.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.29 mb = 6293.56 m = 20647.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 60.0 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 45.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 232.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 108.57 m/s