MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 41.91,-88.09 Latitude: 41.91 Longitude: -88.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 988 225 16.1 13.8 86 2.3 14.7 6 4 290.3 292.1 288.3 318.7 10.09 2 950 561 14.4 12.5 88 1.9 13.2 16 12 291.8 293.5 288.4 319.0 9.61 3 900 1016 12.1 8.7 80 3.3 10.2 1 11 293.9 295.3 287.6 316.6 7.89 4 850 1493 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.4 9 8 295.5 296.7 287.4 315.9 7.03 5 800 1995 8.7 -0.8 51 9.5 3.9 4 5 300.4 301.2 286.7 313.9 4.50 6 750 2527 6.3 -3.7 49 9.9 1.6 350 8 303.4 304.1 287.2 315.3 3.89 7 700 3089 3.3 -6.1 50 9.4 -0.9 346 10 306.2 306.8 287.7 316.9 3.46 8 650 3686 -0.0 -11.5 42 11.4 -4.5 344 13 308.9 309.4 287.7 316.8 2.45 9 600 4323 -3.1 -20.4 25 17.3 -8.5 338 15 312.5 312.7 287.6 316.7 1.25 10 550 5007 -6.8 -30.5 13 23.7 -12.4 331 15 316.0 316.1 288.1 317.9 0.55 11 500 5743 -11.8 -38.0 9 26.2 -16.6 333 16 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.29 12 450 6540 -18.1 -41.1 11 23.0 -21.5 322 15 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.4 0.23 13 400 7406 -25.5 -44.8 15 19.3 -27.6 304 15 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.5 0.18 14 350 8361 -32.3 -49.3 17 16.9 -33.7 287 13 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.12 15 300 9431 -39.3 -53.7 20 14.4 -40.1 271 15 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 16 250 10662 -45.1 -61.3 15 16.1 -45.7 250 14 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12137 -50.1 -70.6 7 20.4 -50.6 257 20 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13986 -56.3 -78.5 5 22.2 -56.6 253 27 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16525 -62.6 -84.0 4 21.4 -62.8 256 16 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.59 m Freezing level: 650.37 mb = 3681.95 m = 12079.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.21 mb = 2879.90 m = 9448.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.26 % Est. max temperature: 22.45 C = 72.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.56 mb = 520.03 m = 1706.12 ft T: 14.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 5.12 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1288.51 m = 4227.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.67 C = 69.21 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 5.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.71 C Showalter Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.05 C K Index: 17.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9662.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.48 mb = 983.81 m = 3227.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 14.5 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -4.1 tot: 2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.52 Bulk Shear: 4.20 m/s