MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.17,-90.29 Latitude: 42.17 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 975 242 15.5 8.5 63 7.0 11.4 335 11 290.7 292.0 285.7 311.0 7.13 2 950 463 14.9 6.7 58 8.2 10.3 343 21 292.3 293.4 285.7 310.9 6.47 3 900 919 12.7 4.4 57 8.3 8.3 350 18 294.6 295.7 285.9 311.6 5.84 4 850 1396 9.6 3.5 66 6.1 6.3 315 6 296.2 297.2 286.5 313.2 5.78 5 800 1896 5.7 1.1 72 4.6 3.4 252 8 297.2 298.2 286.2 312.6 5.19 6 750 2420 1.0 -1.2 85 2.2 -0.0 250 12 297.7 298.5 285.9 311.5 4.67 7 700 2971 -2.9 -4.0 92 1.1 -3.4 256 15 299.3 300.0 285.8 311.5 4.07 8 650 3555 -6.4 -7.3 94 0.8 -6.8 256 14 301.7 302.3 286.1 312.1 3.41 9 600 4177 -9.6 -10.5 94 0.8 -9.9 245 16 305.0 305.5 286.7 313.9 2.87 10 550 4844 -13.7 -14.2 96 0.5 -13.9 241 15 307.9 308.3 287.2 315.2 2.31 11 500 5563 -17.6 -17.7 98 0.2 -17.6 230 24 311.6 312.0 288.1 317.8 1.90 12 450 6348 -19.9 -19.9 100 0.0 -19.9 204 51 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.1 1.75 13 400 7215 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 203 71 323.7 323.9 291.3 328.4 1.36 14 350 8178 -29.8 -29.8 100 -0.0 -29.8 199 92 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.9 0.92 15 300 9256 -38.8 -41.0 79 2.2 -39.0 199 103 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.35 16 250 10487 -46.3 -49.1 73 2.8 -46.4 204 116 337.2 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.17 17 200 11949 -51.6 -71.2 8 19.6 -52.0 226 102 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 13800 -54.5 -79.8 3 25.3 -54.9 249 59 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16356 -60.0 -84.8 3 24.7 -60.3 252 25 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5534.91 m Freezing level: 737.26 mb = 2560.83 m = 8401.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.56 mb = 2414.35 m = 7921.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.07 % Est. max temperature: 21.42 C = 70.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.83 mb = 1127.22 m = 3698.19 ft T: 11.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2180.85 m = 7154.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.17 C = 71.91 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 29.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10581.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.31 mb = 1699.72 m = 5576.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.3 neg: -24.2 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 87.04 m/s