MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 40.59,-83.03 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -83.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 971 296 17.3 14.5 84 2.8 15.5 166 21 292.9 294.8 289.8 323.6 10.77 2 950 481 16.2 13.8 86 2.4 14.7 168 36 293.6 295.5 289.9 323.7 10.51 3 900 939 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.7 174 46 294.6 296.5 290.0 324.0 10.25 4 850 1419 10.8 10.7 100 0.1 10.7 195 54 297.4 299.2 290.3 325.2 9.54 5 800 1924 9.2 9.1 99 0.1 9.1 205 56 300.9 302.6 291.1 327.8 9.09 6 750 2457 6.1 5.5 96 0.6 5.8 214 53 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.8 7.57 7 700 3021 3.5 -2.2 66 5.7 0.7 217 50 306.3 307.2 288.9 320.6 4.64 8 650 3618 -0.8 -5.6 70 4.8 -3.0 220 47 308.1 308.8 288.8 320.2 3.87 9 600 4252 -4.9 -8.5 75 3.7 -6.4 222 50 310.5 311.1 289.1 321.1 3.35 10 550 4931 -9.0 -15.2 61 6.2 -11.1 228 58 313.4 313.8 288.9 320.4 2.14 11 500 5663 -13.3 -22.8 45 9.5 -15.9 230 66 316.8 317.0 289.0 320.9 1.22 12 450 6456 -19.2 -27.2 49 8.0 -21.0 232 72 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.3 0.92 13 400 7320 -25.7 -30.8 63 5.0 -26.6 233 81 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.1 0.74 14 350 8273 -33.1 -35.6 78 2.5 -33.4 231 91 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.0 0.52 15 300 9338 -41.0 -43.0 81 2.0 -41.1 230 98 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.29 16 250 10551 -50.9 -51.5 93 0.6 -51.0 231 114 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 17 200 11970 -59.0 -61.9 69 2.9 -59.1 230 128 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 18 150 13777 -58.1 -77.5 7 19.4 -58.3 235 80 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16317 -61.3 -84.2 3 22.8 -61.6 216 50 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.65 m Freezing level: 659.33 mb = 3506.14 m = 11502.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.86 mb = 3126.46 m = 10257.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.77 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.77 mb = 645.40 m = 2117.44 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.65 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.59 mb = 933.66 m = 3063.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.97 C = 66.14 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 0.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 29.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6163.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.03 mb = 901.37 m = 2957.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 53.3 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 40.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 625.4 neg: -6.2 tot: 619.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 192.57 m/s