MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.18,-88.87 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -88.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 976 259 10.3 0.2 50 10.0 5.6 272 19 285.4 286.1 279.8 296.7 3.98 2 950 486 7.0 -0.7 58 7.7 3.5 273 31 284.3 285.0 279.1 295.1 3.83 3 900 926 2.6 -1.6 74 4.2 0.8 272 34 284.2 284.8 279.0 294.9 3.78 4 850 1385 -1.5 -2.9 90 1.5 -2.1 270 33 284.6 285.2 279.0 294.9 3.62 5 800 1865 -5.1 -5.3 99 0.2 -5.1 270 33 285.7 286.3 279.1 295.0 3.23 6 750 2369 -8.0 -8.4 97 0.4 -8.1 274 34 287.9 288.4 279.5 295.8 2.71 7 700 2904 -9.8 -12.0 84 2.1 -10.5 275 37 291.6 292.0 280.5 298.1 2.18 8 650 3472 -13.2 -14.9 87 1.7 -13.7 270 41 294.1 294.4 281.2 299.7 1.85 9 600 4078 -16.1 -18.5 82 2.4 -16.7 267 48 297.5 297.7 282.2 302.1 1.48 10 550 4730 -18.9 -21.0 84 2.1 -19.4 270 53 301.6 301.9 283.7 305.8 1.30 11 500 5435 -22.4 -27.3 65 4.8 -23.3 271 60 305.7 305.8 284.7 308.4 0.82 12 450 6200 -27.5 -31.3 70 3.8 -28.0 270 66 308.7 308.8 285.6 310.8 0.62 13 400 7038 -33.0 -36.8 69 3.8 -33.4 271 71 312.1 312.2 286.6 313.6 0.41 14 350 7962 -40.6 -43.0 78 2.3 -40.8 272 75 314.0 314.0 287.1 314.9 0.25 15 300 8992 -47.8 -53.2 53 5.4 -48.0 277 79 317.9 318.0 288.2 318.3 0.09 16 250 10200 -45.8 -70.2 5 24.4 -46.4 282 69 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.01 17 200 11686 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 281 60 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 18 150 13578 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 273 54 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16203 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 265 39 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5374.00 m Freezing level: 868.17 mb = 1218.49 m = 3997.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 886.39 mb = 1048.71 m = 3440.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.76 % Est. max temperature: 10.03 C = 50.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.99 mb = 1497.83 m = 4914.08 ft T: -2.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 1.80 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.94 mb = 1517.24 m = 4977.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.82 C = 49.68 F Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lifted Index: 9.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: 10.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 15.88 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.12 mb = 1458.93 m = 4786.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.12 mb = 1893.07 m = 6210.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.12 mb = 1991.71 m = 6534.41 ft B at Equ Level: 2.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 757.12 mb = 2295.34 m = 7530.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.8 neg: -6.2 tot: 77.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 30.40 m/s