MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-89.03 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 983 255 6.8 -1.4 56 8.3 3.2 256 6 281.3 281.9 277.2 291.1 3.49 2 950 540 10.2 -3.8 37 14.1 4.1 281 14 287.6 288.1 279.7 296.3 3.03 3 900 987 6.9 -6.0 39 12.9 1.6 294 17 288.6 289.1 279.8 296.5 2.71 4 850 1453 3.0 -8.8 41 11.8 -1.4 294 22 289.3 289.7 279.6 296.2 2.31 5 800 1941 0.2 -18.9 22 19.1 -5.3 298 25 291.3 291.5 278.9 294.7 1.07 6 750 2456 -1.5 -33.3 7 31.9 -8.0 303 27 295.0 295.0 279.6 296.0 0.31 7 700 3004 -2.0 -42.9 3 40.9 -9.0 310 35 300.3 300.3 281.6 300.7 0.12 8 650 3592 -2.0 -44.4 2 42.4 -9.4 310 45 306.7 306.8 284.2 307.1 0.11 9 600 4225 -4.7 -40.3 4 35.7 -11.3 308 48 310.7 310.8 285.8 311.4 0.19 10 550 4904 -8.8 -33.2 12 24.4 -13.9 311 47 313.7 313.7 287.1 315.2 0.43 11 500 5634 -13.7 -25.7 36 12.0 -16.6 313 51 316.4 316.5 288.6 319.6 0.94 12 450 6427 -18.6 -26.1 51 7.6 -20.3 313 62 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.4 1.01 13 400 7294 -25.0 -31.5 55 6.5 -26.2 314 69 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.9 0.68 14 350 8249 -32.5 -39.5 50 7.0 -33.3 319 72 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.35 15 300 9317 -40.5 -46.8 50 6.4 -40.9 321 83 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.19 16 250 10534 -49.1 -56.6 41 7.5 -49.3 321 83 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 11980 -54.0 -68.6 15 14.7 -54.2 307 74 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13820 -55.6 -80.5 3 24.9 -55.9 303 57 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16359 -61.3 -84.4 3 23.2 -61.5 283 27 409.3 409.3 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5518.54 m Freezing level: 794.43 mb = 1998.09 m = 6555.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.20 mb = 1233.55 m = 4047.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.56 % Est. max temperature: 15.45 C = 59.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.74 mb = 1303.46 m = 4276.38 ft T: 4.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.87 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 516.50 mb = 5385.33 m = 17668.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.78 C = 105.41 F Cap Strength: 17.44 C Lifted Index: 18.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.06 C Showalter Index: 18.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.72 C Cross Totals Index: 4.89 C K Index: -32.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 95.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16163.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.07 mb = 2265.73 m = 7433.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.4 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 337.4 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 93.84 m/s