MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-88.16 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -88.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 976 241 8.0 3.6 74 4.4 5.8 276 15 283.0 283.9 280.1 297.1 5.06 2 950 466 4.8 2.5 85 2.3 3.7 276 26 282.1 282.9 279.3 295.5 4.83 3 900 904 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.8 275 30 282.4 283.2 279.0 294.8 4.44 4 850 1361 -2.0 -2.5 97 0.5 -2.2 279 33 284.1 284.7 278.9 294.7 3.75 5 800 1841 -4.9 -5.6 95 0.7 -5.1 284 32 286.0 286.5 279.1 295.0 3.15 6 750 2345 -8.1 -8.8 95 0.6 -8.4 284 31 287.7 288.2 279.3 295.4 2.62 7 700 2878 -11.0 -11.7 95 0.7 -11.2 284 32 290.3 290.7 280.0 297.0 2.23 8 650 3444 -14.2 -14.7 96 0.5 -14.3 280 34 292.9 293.3 280.7 298.6 1.88 9 600 4047 -18.1 -18.2 99 0.1 -18.1 276 35 295.2 295.5 281.3 299.9 1.52 10 550 4692 -22.2 -22.2 100 0.0 -22.2 277 39 297.7 297.9 282.0 301.4 1.17 11 500 5387 -26.4 -26.4 100 -0.0 -26.4 283 41 300.8 301.0 282.9 303.7 0.88 12 450 6140 -31.3 -31.5 98 0.2 -31.3 285 41 303.9 304.0 283.8 305.9 0.61 13 400 6965 -36.8 -39.7 74 2.9 -37.1 283 49 307.1 307.2 284.7 308.2 0.30 14 350 7877 -41.3 -54.0 24 12.7 -41.8 290 52 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.3 0.07 15 300 8920 -42.9 -63.9 8 21.0 -43.6 291 59 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.02 16 250 10145 -43.9 -72.3 3 28.3 -44.7 292 63 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.01 17 200 11637 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 295 58 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 18 150 13537 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 290 44 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 19 100 16171 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 275 31 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5342.32 m Freezing level: 884.58 mb = 1045.10 m = 3428.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 887.29 mb = 1017.88 m = 3339.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.91 % Est. max temperature: 9.86 C = 49.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.84 mb = 789.36 m = 2589.72 ft T: 1.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.00 mb = 868.17 m = 2848.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.32 C = 45.18 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 21.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.94 mb = 877.66 m = 2879.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.94 mb = 922.40 m = 3026.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.94 mb = 1665.40 m = 5463.83 ft B at Equ Level: 6.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 727.94 mb = 2576.01 m = 8451.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.5 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 310.5 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 79.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 14.44 m/s