MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 40.53,-87.68 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 982 223 16.4 15.1 92 1.3 15.5 205 12 291.0 293.0 289.4 322.2 11.02 2 950 508 14.5 14.0 97 0.4 14.2 209 23 291.9 293.7 289.3 322.0 10.64 3 900 964 12.0 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 225 30 293.9 295.6 289.0 320.8 9.38 4 850 1442 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.0 238 28 296.7 298.1 288.8 320.4 8.14 5 800 1945 7.2 6.7 96 0.6 6.9 229 27 298.8 300.2 289.2 321.4 7.69 6 750 2474 4.6 2.4 85 2.2 3.4 218 31 301.6 302.7 288.6 319.7 6.06 7 700 3035 2.6 -22.4 14 25.0 -5.0 232 35 305.3 305.5 284.7 308.3 0.90 8 650 3629 -1.3 -31.5 8 30.2 -8.4 237 36 307.5 307.6 284.9 309.0 0.42 9 600 4261 -6.2 -32.2 11 26.0 -11.8 242 36 308.9 309.0 285.5 310.4 0.43 10 550 4933 -11.9 -30.8 19 18.9 -15.8 239 39 309.9 310.0 285.9 311.8 0.53 11 500 5654 -17.7 -31.0 30 13.3 -20.2 236 44 311.4 311.5 286.5 313.4 0.57 12 450 6432 -24.0 -33.0 43 9.0 -25.4 231 47 313.0 313.1 287.1 314.9 0.53 13 400 7280 -31.0 -34.4 72 3.4 -31.4 230 50 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.5 0.52 14 350 8211 -38.5 -39.2 93 0.7 -38.6 221 58 316.8 316.8 288.1 318.1 0.37 15 300 9254 -44.7 -52.9 40 8.2 -45.0 211 71 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.09 16 250 10460 -50.3 -63.0 21 12.7 -50.6 210 75 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.03 17 200 11900 -54.4 -69.9 13 15.6 -54.6 228 73 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13759 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.9 266 63 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 19 100 16342 -59.8 -84.1 3 24.3 -60.1 265 37 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.60 m Freezing level: 666.81 mb = 3429.53 m = 11251.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.60 mb = 2698.52 m = 8853.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.99 % Est. max temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.21 mb = 391.08 m = 1283.04 ft T: 15.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 13.15 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 857.01 m = 2811.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.80 C = 65.85 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 26.08 C K Index: 11.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 298.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 374.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.40 mb = 766.13 m = 2513.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.40 mb = 4307.28 m = 14131.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.40 mb = 9111.57 m = 29893.23 ft B at Equ Level: 368.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.40 mb = 10821.06 m = 35501.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.2 neg: -10.0 tot: 163.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 9.77 Bulk Shear: 38.36 m/s