MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.1,-89.2 Latitude: 41.10 Longitude: -89.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 986 208 22.9 13.8 56 9.1 17.1 178 22 297.3 299.2 290.7 326.7 10.11 2 950 527 20.7 13.1 62 7.6 15.8 180 42 298.2 300.0 291.0 327.4 10.00 3 900 991 16.5 12.2 76 4.2 13.8 183 50 298.5 300.3 291.0 327.7 10.00 4 850 1475 12.6 11.5 93 1.1 11.9 195 55 299.4 301.2 291.4 328.9 10.08 5 800 1984 11.6 4.6 62 7.0 7.6 213 53 303.5 304.7 289.8 323.5 6.64 6 750 2522 10.1 -7.1 29 17.2 2.3 214 50 307.5 308.1 287.7 316.9 2.99 7 700 3091 6.3 -7.6 36 13.9 0.1 208 53 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.2 3.08 8 650 3694 1.4 -5.1 62 6.5 -1.6 205 54 310.6 311.3 289.8 323.3 4.03 9 600 4332 -3.4 -12.0 51 8.6 -6.7 204 48 312.2 312.6 288.8 320.3 2.53 10 550 5014 -8.2 -19.9 38 11.7 -11.7 208 47 314.4 314.7 288.5 319.2 1.44 11 500 5749 -11.1 -36.6 10 25.6 -16.0 210 46 319.6 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.33 12 450 6550 -16.4 -33.5 21 17.1 -19.7 211 45 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.5 0.50 13 400 7424 -23.5 -31.3 49 7.8 -25.0 208 43 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.70 14 350 8384 -31.3 -32.6 88 1.3 -31.5 200 46 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.1 0.70 15 300 9459 -38.9 -39.9 90 1.1 -38.9 211 50 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.39 16 250 10680 -49.6 -50.0 96 0.4 -49.7 197 47 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12106 -59.9 -61.0 87 1.1 -59.9 201 55 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 18 150 13876 -65.5 -74.7 26 9.3 -65.5 199 47 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16372 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 240 36 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.03 m Freezing level: 635.26 mb = 3882.01 m = 12736.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.69 mb = 3118.15 m = 10230.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.37 mb = 1362.50 m = 4470.08 ft T: 13.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.02 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.04 mb = 2632.42 m = 8636.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.24 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 21.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 234.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.12 mb = 1483.73 m = 4867.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.12 mb = 4542.51 m = 14903.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 534.12 mb = 5239.94 m = 17191.20 ft B at Equ Level: 9.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 504.12 mb = 5685.93 m = 18654.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.6 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 233.6 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 436.3 neg: -22.7 tot: 413.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 61.22 m/s