MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 41.54,-88.23 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 983 202 9.8 7.1 83 2.7 8.4 258 8 284.3 285.4 282.3 302.3 6.45 2 950 488 6.9 6.0 94 0.9 6.5 264 14 284.2 285.3 282.0 301.4 6.19 3 900 931 4.0 3.9 99 0.1 3.9 268 13 285.6 286.6 281.9 301.4 5.61 4 850 1394 2.2 2.1 100 0.1 2.1 247 15 288.4 289.4 282.7 303.4 5.25 5 800 1884 1.8 1.4 97 0.4 1.6 220 16 293.1 294.0 284.7 308.4 5.29 6 750 2403 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.1 199 17 295.5 296.4 285.0 309.2 4.64 7 700 2952 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.6 -3.6 192 18 299.3 300.0 285.7 311.2 3.93 8 650 3540 -3.5 -14.9 41 11.4 -7.4 180 21 305.0 305.3 285.6 310.9 1.85 9 600 4168 -7.0 -23.4 26 16.4 -11.4 170 25 308.0 308.2 285.8 311.3 0.97 10 550 4840 -11.8 -28.6 23 16.9 -15.4 172 28 310.1 310.3 286.2 312.4 0.65 11 500 5561 -17.5 -27.5 41 10.0 -19.6 172 31 311.7 311.9 286.9 314.4 0.80 12 450 6342 -22.5 -37.4 24 14.9 -24.6 173 46 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.1 0.34 13 400 7196 -28.2 -41.5 27 13.2 -29.7 172 74 318.3 318.3 288.5 319.2 0.25 14 350 8141 -34.1 -51.8 15 17.7 -35.3 163 88 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.09 15 300 9205 -40.7 -59.1 12 18.4 -41.4 158 94 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.04 16 250 10428 -46.4 -66.1 9 19.7 -47.0 157 75 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 17 200 11903 -47.5 -75.7 3 28.1 -48.1 180 57 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 18 150 13786 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 174 30 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16378 -58.4 -84.0 2 25.6 -58.7 197 18 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5498.04 m Freezing level: 767.40 mb = 2222.37 m = 7291.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.60 mb = 2185.00 m = 7168.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.01 % Est. max temperature: 15.40 C = 59.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.27 mb = 537.97 m = 1764.97 ft T: 6.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 0.87 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 775.96 m = 2545.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.62 C = 51.12 F Cap Strength: 10.38 C Lifted Index: 10.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.68 C Showalter Index: 9.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 20.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15709.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.29 mb = 748.32 m = 2455.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.9 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 218.9 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -24.8 tot: -19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 64.56 m/s