MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510160600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510160600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.4,-90.8 Latitude: 42.40 Longitude: -90.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 967 281 17.1 15.7 91 1.4 16.2 183 5 293.0 295.1 290.6 326.3 11.68 2 950 436 18.7 14.7 78 4.0 16.1 187 11 296.2 298.2 291.2 328.3 11.15 3 900 899 16.4 11.3 72 5.2 13.2 199 6 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.7 9.35 4 850 1384 13.3 5.2 58 8.1 8.7 283 2 300.0 301.2 288.5 319.4 6.51 5 800 1890 9.8 -2.5 42 12.4 3.9 324 6 301.6 302.4 286.6 313.7 3.97 6 750 2422 5.8 -5.8 43 11.6 0.6 312 8 302.9 303.5 286.4 313.0 3.30 7 700 2982 1.4 -8.5 47 10.0 -2.7 290 8 304.1 304.6 286.4 313.0 2.86 8 650 3574 -3.0 -12.7 47 9.6 -6.5 265 11 305.5 305.9 286.2 312.5 2.21 9 600 4202 -7.2 -18.9 39 11.7 -10.7 254 19 307.8 308.0 286.2 312.4 1.43 10 550 4875 -11.2 -21.3 43 10.1 -14.0 245 26 310.8 311.0 287.1 315.0 1.27 11 500 5599 -16.3 -18.3 85 2.0 -16.9 238 33 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.1 1.81 12 450 6387 -19.3 -19.6 97 0.3 -19.4 228 42 319.0 319.3 290.3 325.0 1.79 13 400 7256 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 204 53 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.41 14 350 8220 -29.7 -29.6 100 -0.0 -29.6 192 73 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.1 0.94 15 300 9303 -37.4 -37.7 96 0.4 -37.4 198 95 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.6 0.49 16 250 10537 -45.8 -48.6 74 2.7 -46.0 196 107 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.7 0.19 17 200 11990 -53.0 -63.3 27 10.4 -53.2 222 86 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 13823 -59.1 -78.5 6 19.4 -59.3 243 57 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16351 -60.0 -84.9 2 24.9 -60.3 257 27 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.82 m Freezing level: 684.09 mb = 3170.61 m = 10402.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.77 mb = 2522.90 m = 8277.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.65 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.66 mb = 457.29 m = 1500.27 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 15.87 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.84 mb = 1819.19 m = 5968.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 24.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.87 mb = 1335.16 m = 4380.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.87 mb = 2532.82 m = 8309.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 439.87 mb = 6555.07 m = 21505.89 ft B at Equ Level: 343.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.87 mb = 9305.68 m = 30530.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -36.1 tot: -14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 14.44 Bulk Shear: 23.78 m/s