MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.12,-87.9 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 976 213 10.2 6.2 76 4.0 8.1 322 18 285.3 286.3 282.3 302.3 6.08 2 950 441 7.7 4.6 81 3.0 6.1 326 31 285.0 285.9 281.6 300.7 5.61 3 900 883 3.7 3.1 96 0.6 3.4 331 37 285.3 286.2 281.4 300.3 5.33 4 850 1346 2.4 2.3 99 0.2 2.4 351 30 288.7 289.6 283.0 303.9 5.31 5 800 1837 2.2 2.2 100 0.0 2.1 351 9 293.5 294.5 285.2 309.7 5.59 6 750 2356 -0.7 -0.7 99 0.1 -0.7 284 7 295.9 296.7 285.4 310.1 4.83 7 700 2905 -3.2 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.3 275 10 299.0 299.7 285.9 311.7 4.23 8 650 3488 -6.6 -7.2 95 0.6 -6.9 275 14 301.4 302.1 286.0 311.9 3.41 9 600 4110 -10.3 -10.9 95 0.6 -10.5 261 11 304.2 304.7 286.4 312.8 2.77 10 550 4775 -14.1 -14.4 97 0.3 -14.2 219 16 307.4 307.8 287.0 314.7 2.28 11 500 5492 -18.8 -18.8 100 0.0 -18.8 204 22 310.1 310.5 287.3 315.8 1.73 12 450 6269 -24.2 -24.3 99 0.1 -24.2 207 30 312.8 313.0 287.7 316.8 1.19 13 400 7115 -31.3 -31.6 97 0.3 -31.4 205 39 314.3 314.4 287.6 316.6 0.68 14 350 8051 -34.7 -51.7 16 17.0 -35.8 209 66 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.09 15 300 9128 -35.7 -57.8 9 22.1 -37.0 203 104 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 16 250 10383 -39.7 -66.7 4 27.0 -40.8 210 81 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 17 200 11892 -45.2 -74.4 2 29.2 -46.0 215 54 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 18 150 13775 -53.9 -79.9 3 26.1 -54.2 246 66 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16341 -59.8 -84.8 2 25.0 -60.2 243 24 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5477.79 m Freezing level: 761.69 mb = 2234.71 m = 7331.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.15 mb = 2226.81 m = 7305.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.17 % Est. max temperature: 15.78 C = 60.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.70 mb = 714.87 m = 2345.36 ft T: 5.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 1.99 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 939.70 m = 3082.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.64 C = 51.15 F Cap Strength: 8.55 C Lifted Index: 9.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.78 C Showalter Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 23.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14741.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.57 mb = 896.12 m = 2939.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -172.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.4 neg: -8.0 tot: 159.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 63.78 m/s