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: 44.93,-89.79 Latitude: 44.93 Longitude: -89.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 954 405 3.9 3.3 96 0.6 3.6 255 9 280.8 281.7 279.0 294.8 5.08 2 950 438 3.5 3.0 96 0.6 3.2 258 11 280.8 281.6 278.9 294.5 4.98 3 900 874 0.3 0.2 100 0.0 0.3 265 22 281.8 282.5 278.6 293.9 4.32 4 850 1331 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.3 278 22 283.8 284.4 278.8 294.4 3.77 5 800 1810 -5.1 -5.2 99 0.1 -5.1 283 19 285.8 286.3 279.1 295.1 3.25 6 750 2314 -7.9 -8.4 96 0.5 -8.1 279 19 288.0 288.4 279.4 295.8 2.69 7 700 2847 -11.1 -11.8 94 0.7 -11.3 284 21 290.2 290.6 279.9 296.7 2.20 8 650 3413 -14.4 -15.2 94 0.8 -14.6 289 22 292.7 293.0 280.5 298.2 1.81 9 600 4016 -17.3 -19.2 85 1.9 -17.7 291 22 296.1 296.3 281.5 300.5 1.40 10 550 4663 -21.3 -24.4 76 3.1 -21.9 297 21 298.8 299.0 282.1 301.9 0.97 11 500 5359 -26.2 -29.1 77 2.9 -26.7 304 21 301.0 301.2 282.7 303.3 0.69 12 450 6112 -31.9 -31.9 100 0.0 -31.9 298 20 303.1 303.2 283.4 305.1 0.59 13 400 6933 -38.2 -38.4 99 0.1 -38.2 289 21 305.3 305.4 284.0 306.5 0.35 14 350 7839 -43.9 -47.2 70 3.3 -44.0 288 22 309.6 309.6 285.4 310.2 0.16 15 300 8873 -44.3 -63.3 10 19.0 -44.8 286 27 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.0 0.03 16 250 10096 -43.1 -72.2 3 29.1 -43.9 287 34 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.01 17 200 11595 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -46.0 291 30 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 18 150 13503 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 277 33 387.8 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16160 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.6 272 27 429.6 429.6 308.8 429.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5340.21 m Freezing level: 894.59 mb = 923.58 m = 3030.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 895.07 mb = 918.02 m = 3011.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.90 % Est. max temperature: 8.62 C = 47.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.22 mb = 478.60 m = 1570.18 ft T: 3.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 0.98 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 846.20 m = 2776.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.79 C = 40.62 F Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lifted Index: 6.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 66.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.17 mb = 872.64 m = 2862.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.17 mb = 917.13 m = 3008.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 875.17 mb = 1097.54 m = 3600.82 ft B at Equ Level: 11.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 785.17 mb = 1956.03 m = 6417.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.7 neg: -7.6 tot: 74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 11.11 m/s