MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 43.50,-89.65 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -32 SFC 963 286 16.9 13.4 80 3.5 14.7 167 12 293.2 295.0 289.3 322.0 10.09 2 950 405 15.7 12.2 80 3.5 13.6 170 20 293.1 294.8 288.8 320.1 9.44 3 900 861 11.9 9.4 84 2.6 10.4 181 25 293.8 295.3 287.9 317.5 8.24 4 850 1338 8.7 4.1 72 4.7 6.2 180 23 295.3 296.4 286.4 312.9 6.03 5 800 1837 5.6 1.6 75 4.0 3.6 161 24 297.1 298.1 286.4 313.0 5.37 6 750 2363 3.5 -4.4 56 8.0 -0.0 165 32 300.4 301.1 285.9 311.6 3.67 7 700 2919 -0.7 -12.4 41 11.7 -5.0 168 39 301.7 302.1 284.7 308.3 2.10 8 650 3505 -5.3 -18.2 35 12.9 -9.2 173 44 303.0 303.3 284.4 307.5 1.40 9 600 4128 -9.4 -25.8 25 16.4 -13.3 168 47 305.3 305.4 284.5 307.9 0.78 10 550 4796 -12.6 -35.0 13 22.4 -16.6 180 57 309.2 309.3 285.5 310.4 0.36 11 500 5517 -17.0 -40.6 11 23.6 -20.4 179 75 312.3 312.4 286.4 313.1 0.22 12 450 6300 -21.8 -37.2 23 15.4 -24.1 178 88 315.8 315.8 287.8 317.0 0.35 13 400 7156 -28.2 -35.8 48 7.6 -29.2 178 102 318.4 318.4 288.7 320.0 0.45 14 350 8102 -33.3 -47.5 23 14.2 -34.4 176 107 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.15 15 300 9169 -40.7 -43.3 76 2.6 -40.9 168 122 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.28 16 250 10387 -49.0 -53.3 61 4.3 -49.1 170 125 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 17 200 11837 -53.3 -70.1 11 16.8 -53.6 190 61 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13695 -52.8 -80.7 2 27.9 -53.3 201 35 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16302 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 238 27 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5549.08 m Freezing level: 708.12 mb = 2828.52 m = 9279.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.53 mb = 2357.34 m = 7733.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.95 % Est. max temperature: 20.35 C = 68.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.27 mb = 728.56 m = 2390.27 ft T: 13.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 9.10 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1316.68 m = 4319.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.96 C = 66.13 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: 0.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 18.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.78 mb = 1136.39 m = 3728.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.78 mb = 2852.43 m = 9358.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 535.78 mb = 4994.29 m = 16385.26 ft B at Equ Level: 77.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.78 mb = 6874.56 m = 22554.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.7 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 204.7 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 177.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 79.81 m/s