MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.81,-86.10 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -86.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 977 247 9.4 7.0 85 2.3 8.1 256 9 284.4 285.5 282.3 302.4 6.46 2 950 480 10.4 5.5 72 4.9 7.8 272 22 287.7 288.7 283.2 304.5 5.95 3 900 928 7.5 2.7 72 4.8 5.1 273 25 289.2 290.1 283.0 304.0 5.16 4 850 1396 4.0 -0.5 73 4.5 2.0 271 27 290.3 291.1 282.5 302.9 4.34 5 800 1886 0.4 -5.0 67 5.4 -1.9 271 29 291.5 292.1 281.8 301.2 3.28 6 750 2400 -3.4 -9.7 61 6.4 -5.7 273 31 292.9 293.3 281.4 300.2 2.43 7 700 2941 -7.3 -13.6 61 6.3 -9.4 272 32 294.4 294.7 281.4 300.2 1.91 8 650 3514 -11.2 -19.6 50 8.5 -13.3 268 34 296.3 296.6 281.4 300.2 1.24 9 600 4123 -15.8 -25.7 42 10.0 -17.8 263 37 297.9 298.0 281.5 300.4 0.78 10 550 4772 -21.0 -31.4 39 10.4 -22.6 260 40 299.2 299.3 281.7 300.9 0.50 11 500 5468 -26.2 -36.1 39 9.9 -27.3 257 45 301.1 301.2 282.3 302.3 0.35 12 450 6223 -30.2 -40.2 37 10.0 -31.2 247 53 305.3 305.3 283.8 306.2 0.25 13 400 7055 -33.9 -58.7 6 24.8 -35.1 242 68 310.9 310.9 285.7 311.0 0.03 14 350 7981 -38.2 -57.4 12 19.2 -39.1 240 86 317.2 317.2 287.9 317.4 0.05 15 300 9031 -42.3 -60.9 11 18.6 -43.0 242 94 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.03 16 250 10256 -44.1 -68.1 5 24.0 -44.8 246 75 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.02 17 200 11743 -47.2 -75.4 3 28.2 -47.9 248 65 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 18 150 13619 -53.8 -80.5 2 26.7 -54.2 244 67 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16221 -57.4 -84.8 2 27.3 -57.8 243 36 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5415.44 m Freezing level: 795.21 mb = 1934.73 m = 6347.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 824.36 mb = 1643.27 m = 5391.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.36 % Est. max temperature: 15.80 C = 60.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.98 mb = 541.21 m = 1775.62 ft T: 9.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.34 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.05 mb = 1577.89 m = 5176.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.70 C = 60.26 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 23.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.88 mb = 1253.77 m = 4113.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.88 mb = 2830.96 m = 9287.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.88 mb = 5325.04 m = 17470.38 ft B at Equ Level: 31.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 459.88 mb = 6067.15 m = 19905.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 31.96 m/s