MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-89.96 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -89.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -44 SFC 959 312 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.8 159 11 291.8 293.8 289.6 323.0 11.00 2 950 392 15.1 14.4 96 0.6 14.7 158 17 292.5 294.4 289.9 323.6 10.95 3 900 850 13.0 12.0 94 1.0 12.4 169 26 294.9 296.7 289.8 323.3 9.85 4 850 1329 10.5 9.4 93 1.1 9.9 186 26 297.1 298.7 289.5 322.6 8.73 5 800 1832 7.4 5.8 90 1.6 6.5 193 27 299.0 300.3 288.9 320.4 7.26 6 750 2360 3.5 1.7 88 1.8 2.6 197 32 300.4 301.4 287.9 317.6 5.78 7 700 2917 0.4 -3.9 73 4.3 -1.6 186 36 302.9 303.7 287.2 315.4 4.09 8 650 3508 -2.7 -23.6 18 20.9 -8.5 194 46 305.9 306.1 284.9 308.8 0.88 9 600 4136 -7.2 -28.9 16 21.7 -12.2 204 54 307.8 308.0 285.2 309.8 0.59 10 550 4809 -11.1 -28.4 23 17.3 -15.0 192 69 310.9 311.0 286.5 313.2 0.67 11 500 5535 -15.4 -37.0 14 21.6 -19.0 179 70 314.3 314.3 287.2 315.4 0.32 12 450 6321 -20.7 -39.0 18 18.3 -23.4 188 90 317.2 317.2 288.2 318.3 0.29 13 400 7180 -26.8 -34.5 48 7.7 -27.9 184 98 320.2 320.3 289.4 322.0 0.51 14 350 8134 -31.3 -32.3 91 1.0 -31.4 170 101 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.2 0.73 15 300 9204 -41.0 -41.2 97 0.3 -41.0 167 96 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 16 250 10415 -51.7 -51.9 98 0.2 -51.7 165 92 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.13 17 200 11846 -53.5 -70.3 11 16.7 -53.8 204 85 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13703 -52.5 -80.5 2 28.0 -53.0 220 31 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16296 -57.5 -84.5 2 27.0 -57.9 254 38 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.16 m Freezing level: 693.33 mb = 2995.80 m = 9828.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.91 mb = 2701.65 m = 8863.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.79 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.58 mb = 378.36 m = 1241.31 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 14.79 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1059.71 m = 3476.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.22 C = 66.60 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 30.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.23 mb = 884.94 m = 2903.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.23 mb = 1716.11 m = 5630.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 421.23 mb = 6803.04 m = 22319.43 ft B at Equ Level: 207.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.23 mb = 8948.77 m = 29359.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.8 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 218.8 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 192.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.66 Bulk Shear: 124.65 m/s