MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.66,-84.2 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -84.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 267 13.4 7.0 65 6.3 9.9 257 12 288.8 289.9 284.2 307.2 6.48 2 950 466 10.6 6.0 73 4.7 8.2 258 18 288.0 289.1 283.5 305.4 6.16 3 900 914 6.5 4.8 89 1.7 5.6 260 20 288.2 289.2 283.5 305.2 6.00 4 850 1380 3.0 1.4 90 1.5 2.2 260 25 289.2 290.1 282.8 303.5 4.99 5 800 1869 0.0 -4.2 73 4.2 -1.7 256 30 291.2 291.8 282.0 301.4 3.50 6 750 2383 -3.1 -10.6 56 7.5 -5.8 250 32 293.2 293.6 281.3 300.0 2.26 7 700 2925 -6.1 -18.8 36 12.7 -9.6 245 35 295.7 296.0 281.1 299.6 1.24 8 650 3501 -10.2 -22.8 35 12.6 -13.2 242 34 297.4 297.6 281.5 300.4 0.94 9 600 4111 -15.2 -26.7 37 11.5 -17.5 240 35 298.5 298.7 281.7 300.9 0.72 10 550 4761 -20.8 -33.2 32 12.4 -22.7 239 36 299.4 299.5 281.7 300.8 0.42 11 500 5457 -26.6 -40.5 26 13.9 -28.0 243 39 300.6 300.6 281.9 301.3 0.22 12 450 6210 -30.9 -41.2 36 10.3 -31.9 245 51 304.3 304.4 283.5 305.2 0.23 13 400 7035 -36.7 -43.0 52 6.3 -37.1 241 61 307.3 307.3 284.6 308.1 0.21 14 350 7947 -42.4 -53.4 29 11.0 -42.9 236 69 311.6 311.6 286.0 311.8 0.08 15 300 8984 -43.2 -64.3 8 21.1 -43.8 234 75 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.6 0.02 16 250 10214 -42.9 -72.1 3 29.2 -43.7 230 66 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.01 17 200 11707 -46.2 -76.8 2 30.6 -46.9 224 62 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 18 150 13598 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 254 39 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16207 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 256 31 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5421.44 m Freezing level: 799.63 mb = 1872.53 m = 6143.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 821.81 mb = 1651.83 m = 5419.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.09 % Est. max temperature: 14.86 C = 58.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.08 mb = 1059.29 m = 3475.32 ft T: 5.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 7.56 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1189.10 m = 3901.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.40 C = 56.13 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 28.08 C K Index: 18.37 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.37 mb = 1121.44 m = 3679.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.37 mb = 1357.22 m = 4452.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.37 mb = 2569.80 m = 8431.00 ft B at Equ Level: 7.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 652.37 mb = 3472.60 m = 11392.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.2 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 276.2 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: -4.9 tot: 27.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 36.43 m/s