MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 42.08,-89.18 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 980 253 5.8 3.1 82 2.8 4.5 257 7 280.6 281.4 278.6 294.0 4.86 2 950 510 3.2 1.9 91 1.3 2.6 263 11 280.5 281.3 278.3 293.2 4.61 3 900 945 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.2 269 14 281.4 282.1 278.1 292.9 4.12 4 850 1401 -3.1 -3.6 96 0.5 -3.3 270 17 282.9 283.5 278.0 292.7 3.44 5 800 1878 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.3 265 17 284.7 285.2 278.1 292.9 2.87 6 750 2380 -9.3 -9.8 96 0.5 -9.5 258 16 286.5 286.9 278.4 293.5 2.42 7 700 2910 -12.7 -13.2 97 0.4 -12.9 253 13 288.4 288.7 278.7 294.3 1.98 8 650 3471 -16.8 -17.1 97 0.3 -16.9 246 12 289.9 290.2 278.9 294.6 1.53 9 600 4067 -21.5 -21.7 98 0.2 -21.5 233 12 291.3 291.5 279.0 294.8 1.13 10 550 4703 -25.5 -28.6 76 3.1 -26.0 237 15 293.8 293.9 279.5 295.9 0.66 11 500 5390 -28.5 -31.9 72 3.4 -28.9 260 20 298.3 298.4 281.4 300.1 0.53 12 450 6138 -32.6 -34.8 80 2.2 -32.9 262 23 302.2 302.3 282.9 303.7 0.44 13 400 6958 -38.2 -39.0 92 0.8 -38.2 253 23 305.4 305.4 284.0 306.5 0.33 14 350 7862 -45.7 -45.7 100 0.0 -45.7 249 24 307.1 307.2 284.5 307.8 0.18 15 300 8877 -49.7 -55.0 54 5.3 -49.9 253 24 315.3 315.3 287.3 315.5 0.07 16 250 10071 -48.4 -68.9 8 20.5 -48.8 260 26 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 17 200 11543 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.7 267 20 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 18 150 13445 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 260 23 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.01 19 100 16101 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.8 291 15 429.2 429.2 308.7 429.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5299.06 m Freezing level: 901.45 mb = 932.63 m = 3059.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 904.29 mb = 906.90 m = 2975.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.45 % Est. max temperature: 8.85 C = 47.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.36 mb = 600.33 m = 1969.58 ft T: 2.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.36 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 851.34 m = 2793.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.46 C = 43.63 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 5.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 21.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.65 mb = 823.94 m = 2703.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.65 mb = 1046.34 m = 3432.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 828.65 mb = 1600.94 m = 5252.36 ft B at Equ Level: 6.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 738.65 mb = 2497.43 m = 8193.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -14.5 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 3.32 m/s