MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.1,-88.7 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -88.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 976 264 8.7 2.1 63 6.6 5.6 277 18 283.8 284.6 279.8 296.7 4.57 2 950 489 6.0 1.3 72 4.7 3.8 279 30 283.2 284.0 279.4 295.6 4.42 3 900 928 1.6 0.3 91 1.3 1.0 280 35 283.1 283.9 279.2 295.3 4.33 4 850 1386 -1.9 -2.4 97 0.5 -2.1 282 39 284.1 284.8 279.0 294.8 3.76 5 800 1865 -5.1 -5.8 95 0.6 -5.4 283 40 285.7 286.2 278.9 294.6 3.11 6 750 2369 -8.5 -8.9 97 0.4 -8.7 284 41 287.3 287.7 279.0 294.9 2.59 7 700 2901 -11.0 -11.6 95 0.6 -11.2 287 41 290.2 290.6 280.0 296.9 2.24 8 650 3467 -13.8 -16.0 84 2.2 -14.4 288 43 293.4 293.7 280.7 298.5 1.69 9 600 4071 -17.0 -20.1 77 3.1 -17.7 289 47 296.4 296.6 281.5 300.5 1.29 10 550 4721 -19.6 -26.1 56 6.5 -20.8 287 54 300.8 301.0 282.8 303.5 0.83 11 500 5422 -24.3 -35.2 36 10.9 -25.8 287 60 303.4 303.5 283.3 304.7 0.38 12 450 6181 -30.1 -35.1 62 5.0 -30.7 285 65 305.4 305.4 284.1 306.8 0.43 13 400 7009 -35.4 -39.0 70 3.6 -35.8 278 72 308.9 309.0 285.4 310.1 0.32 14 350 7926 -41.1 -48.9 43 7.8 -41.5 281 78 313.3 313.4 286.7 313.8 0.13 15 300 8971 -42.4 -64.1 8 21.7 -43.1 288 79 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.02 16 250 10196 -44.1 -71.2 3 27.0 -44.8 291 78 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.01 17 200 11685 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 291 69 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 18 150 13576 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 287 57 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16189 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -54.0 275 34 424.6 424.6 308.2 424.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5357.24 m Freezing level: 877.57 mb = 1133.21 m = 3717.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.26 mb = 1069.17 m = 3507.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.00 % Est. max temperature: 9.75 C = 49.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.41 mb = 1085.99 m = 3562.92 ft T: 0.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1133.87 m = 3719.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.49 C = 47.28 F Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lifted Index: 7.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 8.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 19.36 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.46 mb = 1103.70 m = 3621.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.46 mb = 1241.29 m = 4072.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.46 mb = 2519.89 m = 8267.25 ft B at Equ Level: 12.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 685.46 mb = 3061.26 m = 10043.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.5 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 315.5 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 44.63 m/s