MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 42.08,-88.94 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 979 255 4.2 3.2 93 1.1 3.7 218 12 279.0 279.9 277.9 292.5 4.90 2 950 501 2.1 1.9 99 0.1 2.0 222 21 279.3 280.1 277.7 292.0 4.63 3 900 936 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.6 233 27 281.0 281.7 277.8 292.3 4.05 4 850 1391 -3.6 -3.8 99 0.2 -3.7 235 25 282.4 283.0 277.6 292.0 3.39 5 800 1867 -6.4 -6.7 97 0.3 -6.5 237 24 284.4 284.9 278.0 292.7 2.89 6 750 2369 -9.3 -10.1 94 0.8 -9.6 241 25 286.5 286.9 278.3 293.4 2.36 7 700 2899 -12.8 -13.4 95 0.6 -13.0 243 26 288.3 288.6 278.6 294.0 1.94 8 650 3460 -16.7 -16.9 99 0.1 -16.8 242 26 290.0 290.3 279.0 294.8 1.57 9 600 4056 -20.9 -20.9 100 0.0 -20.9 241 26 291.9 292.1 279.4 295.6 1.20 10 550 4694 -24.8 -24.8 100 0.0 -24.8 241 29 294.7 294.9 280.3 297.6 0.93 11 500 5382 -28.4 -28.4 100 -0.0 -28.4 244 34 298.4 298.6 281.7 300.8 0.74 12 450 6130 -33.2 -33.7 94 0.6 -33.2 251 32 301.6 301.7 282.7 303.2 0.49 13 400 6947 -39.1 -40.3 88 1.2 -39.2 248 28 304.2 304.2 283.5 305.2 0.28 14 350 7849 -45.2 -48.4 69 3.3 -45.3 243 28 307.8 307.8 284.7 308.3 0.13 15 300 8872 -46.9 -61.4 18 14.4 -47.3 239 27 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.4 0.03 16 250 10077 -47.1 -68.9 7 21.8 -47.6 234 27 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.01 17 200 11561 -45.6 -76.4 2 30.8 -46.4 236 29 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 18 150 13463 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.9 237 27 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.01 19 100 16119 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.2 243 20 428.5 428.5 308.7 428.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5298.19 m Freezing level: 910.16 mb = 847.42 m = 2780.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 910.98 mb = 838.24 m = 2750.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.08 % Est. max temperature: 8.35 C = 47.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.34 mb = 388.02 m = 1273.02 ft T: 3.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.44 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 725.68 m = 2380.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.34 C = 41.61 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 6.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 20.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.61 mb = 718.89 m = 2358.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.61 mb = 1301.06 m = 4268.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.61 mb = 1487.21 m = 4879.25 ft B at Equ Level: 11.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 759.61 mb = 2270.24 m = 7448.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.0 neg: -4.7 tot: 75.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 13.61 m/s