MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 65 SFC 984 202 9.4 6.6 83 2.8 7.9 235 7 283.9 285.0 281.8 301.2 6.23 2 950 490 6.6 5.5 93 1.0 6.1 242 12 283.8 284.9 281.5 300.5 5.98 3 900 931 3.4 3.2 98 0.2 3.3 248 14 285.0 286.0 281.4 300.1 5.35 4 850 1393 0.8 0.8 100 0.0 0.8 241 16 287.0 287.9 281.6 300.6 4.78 5 800 1880 0.4 -0.5 94 0.8 -0.0 222 19 291.6 292.4 283.4 305.0 4.62 6 750 2395 -2.7 -2.7 100 0.0 -2.7 213 19 293.7 294.4 283.8 305.9 4.17 7 700 2943 -2.9 -5.9 80 3.0 -4.1 205 20 299.3 299.9 285.3 310.0 3.52 8 650 3527 -5.4 -12.7 56 7.3 -8.0 193 21 302.8 303.2 285.2 309.7 2.21 9 600 4151 -9.5 -16.7 56 7.2 -11.7 187 21 305.1 305.4 285.5 310.6 1.73 10 550 4817 -13.6 -29.2 26 15.6 -16.8 179 25 308.0 308.1 285.4 310.1 0.62 11 500 5534 -19.8 -26.2 56 6.5 -21.1 177 23 308.9 309.1 286.0 311.9 0.90 12 450 6306 -25.1 -42.7 18 17.6 -27.1 170 31 311.6 311.7 286.2 312.3 0.20 13 400 7153 -30.0 -54.5 7 24.6 -31.6 164 42 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.3 0.06 14 350 8093 -35.2 -56.6 9 21.4 -36.4 159 51 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.5 0.05 15 300 9155 -40.2 -61.3 9 21.1 -41.1 157 60 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.03 16 250 10387 -43.6 -69.0 4 25.4 -44.4 163 53 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.01 17 200 11879 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -46.9 173 35 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 13772 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 181 24 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16365 -57.8 -84.3 2 26.5 -58.2 196 17 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5468.40 m Freezing level: 793.81 mb = 1943.91 m = 6377.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.21 mb = 1858.02 m = 6095.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.75 % Est. max temperature: 13.97 C = 57.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.28 mb = 556.40 m = 1825.42 ft T: 6.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.43 mb = 792.42 m = 2599.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.18 C = 50.32 F Cap Strength: 9.33 C Lifted Index: 8.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.31 C Showalter Index: 8.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 18.43 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.78 mb = 762.58 m = 2501.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.78 mb = 987.24 m = 3238.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 873.78 mb = 1170.14 m = 3838.99 ft B at Equ Level: 7.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 823.78 mb = 1644.84 m = 5396.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.4 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 228.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -23.5 tot: -23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 26.70 m/s