MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 41.80,-89.74 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -89.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 984 226 23.5 13.4 53 10.1 17.0 184 8 298.0 299.8 290.7 326.7 9.86 2 950 532 21.8 12.9 57 8.9 16.1 188 18 299.3 301.1 291.2 328.2 9.87 3 900 998 17.5 12.0 70 5.5 14.0 188 18 299.5 301.3 291.2 328.4 9.83 4 850 1484 13.4 10.6 83 2.8 11.6 191 15 300.2 301.9 291.2 328.0 9.46 5 800 1992 9.5 8.3 92 1.2 8.8 198 12 301.3 302.9 290.8 326.9 8.64 6 750 2525 6.3 5.9 98 0.3 6.1 204 12 303.4 304.8 290.8 326.7 7.81 7 700 3089 4.1 -0.9 70 5.0 1.5 216 14 307.0 308.0 289.6 322.8 5.12 8 650 3689 1.4 -8.4 48 9.9 -2.8 224 18 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.5 3.11 9 600 4329 -1.8 -17.2 30 15.4 -7.2 222 22 314.0 314.3 288.6 319.5 1.65 10 550 5015 -6.9 -15.0 52 8.1 -9.8 219 23 315.9 316.3 289.7 323.0 2.16 11 500 5752 -11.5 -12.9 89 1.4 -12.0 232 23 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.4 2.84 12 450 6554 -16.1 -17.6 88 1.5 -16.6 237 24 323.0 323.4 291.8 330.3 2.14 13 400 7431 -22.1 -22.7 95 0.6 -22.2 234 25 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.6 1.54 14 350 8397 -29.8 -31.4 86 1.6 -30.0 233 29 328.6 328.7 292.1 331.4 0.79 15 300 9475 -39.2 -40.5 87 1.3 -39.3 230 27 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.37 16 250 10695 -49.2 -53.5 61 4.3 -49.4 228 24 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12130 -56.2 -64.6 34 8.3 -56.4 235 49 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13949 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.7 232 54 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16452 -63.7 -83.3 5 19.6 -63.8 236 32 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.63 m Freezing level: 628.05 mb = 3970.06 m = 13024.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.20 mb = 3297.19 m = 10817.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.42 mb = 1499.48 m = 4919.50 ft T: 13.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1865.75 m = 6121.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: 0.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 30.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.43 mb = 1648.69 m = 5409.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.43 mb = 2324.07 m = 7624.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.43 mb = 2763.13 m = 9065.26 ft B at Equ Level: 7.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 678.43 mb = 3342.10 m = 10964.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -12.0 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 8.90 m/s