MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 42.16,-89.97 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -36 SFC 968 244 16.2 15.4 95 0.8 15.7 152 12 292.1 294.1 290.1 324.5 11.45 2 950 401 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 153 21 292.7 294.7 290.3 325.0 11.36 3 900 859 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 174 29 295.1 297.0 290.3 325.2 10.46 4 850 1339 10.6 10.3 98 0.3 10.4 187 31 297.3 299.0 290.0 324.3 9.28 5 800 1842 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 189 26 299.2 300.7 289.6 322.9 8.03 6 750 2373 5.2 3.9 91 1.3 4.5 188 26 302.2 303.5 289.5 322.5 6.78 7 700 2934 1.4 -0.2 89 1.6 0.5 201 32 304.0 305.0 288.8 320.3 5.37 8 650 3527 -2.6 -4.8 85 2.2 -3.6 214 53 306.0 306.8 288.3 318.7 4.11 9 600 4158 -6.8 -10.4 76 3.6 -8.2 217 65 308.2 308.8 287.9 317.4 2.89 10 550 4833 -11.2 -15.7 69 4.5 -12.6 214 63 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.5 2.05 11 500 5559 -15.7 -19.0 76 3.3 -16.6 210 61 313.9 314.2 288.6 319.6 1.70 12 450 6348 -19.9 -22.8 78 2.9 -20.6 203 65 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.36 13 400 7213 -25.3 -25.6 98 0.3 -25.4 192 70 322.0 322.3 290.6 326.2 1.19 14 350 8170 -32.2 -32.4 98 0.2 -32.3 184 80 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.72 15 300 9238 -41.0 -41.4 96 0.4 -41.0 184 89 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 16 250 10450 -51.1 -51.1 100 0.0 -51.1 193 100 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 11875 -53.1 -67.1 17 14.0 -53.4 210 91 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 13726 -53.7 -80.5 2 26.7 -54.1 239 53 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16304 -57.8 -84.3 2 26.5 -58.2 260 40 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.65 m Freezing level: 682.80 mb = 3137.74 m = 10294.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.42 mb = 3009.30 m = 9872.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.36 % Est. max temperature: 22.60 C = 72.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.62 mb = 342.02 m = 1122.09 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 7.79 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 825.89 m = 2709.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.03 C = 66.26 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.26 mb = 744.33 m = 2441.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.26 mb = 1267.39 m = 4158.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.26 mb = 6728.74 m = 22075.64 ft B at Equ Level: 277.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.26 mb = 10259.31 m = 33658.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.7 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 234.7 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.0 neg: -32.0 tot: 281.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 148.53 m/s