MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 73 SFC 985 202 9.3 6.2 81 3.1 7.6 216 8 283.7 284.7 281.5 300.4 6.02 2 950 497 6.5 5.0 90 1.5 5.8 223 14 283.8 284.8 281.3 299.8 5.77 3 900 938 3.4 3.0 97 0.4 3.2 243 17 285.0 285.9 281.2 299.8 5.27 4 850 1400 1.2 0.9 98 0.3 1.1 237 23 287.4 288.2 281.8 301.1 4.81 5 800 1887 -1.1 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 231 26 290.0 290.7 282.3 302.3 4.27 6 750 2399 -4.4 -4.6 99 0.2 -4.5 224 24 291.7 292.4 282.3 302.3 3.62 7 700 2943 -4.6 -6.5 86 2.0 -5.4 209 21 297.4 298.1 284.4 307.5 3.35 8 650 3524 -6.9 -12.2 66 5.3 -8.7 198 22 301.2 301.6 284.7 308.4 2.31 9 600 4145 -9.8 -25.3 27 15.5 -13.5 186 22 304.8 305.0 284.4 307.5 0.81 10 550 4810 -14.2 -29.9 25 15.7 -17.3 182 21 307.2 307.3 285.0 309.2 0.58 11 500 5525 -20.0 -30.3 39 10.3 -21.8 185 22 308.6 308.8 285.6 310.7 0.61 12 450 6296 -25.9 -30.8 63 5.0 -26.7 187 22 310.7 310.8 286.4 312.9 0.65 13 400 7139 -31.5 -41.5 37 10.0 -32.4 179 25 314.1 314.1 287.1 315.0 0.25 14 350 8074 -36.4 -56.1 11 19.7 -37.4 162 37 319.6 319.6 288.7 319.9 0.05 15 300 9133 -40.1 -61.1 9 21.0 -41.0 162 42 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.03 16 250 10369 -42.4 -69.3 4 26.8 -43.3 162 39 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 17 200 11868 -45.7 -76.4 2 30.7 -46.4 163 29 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 18 150 13762 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 170 19 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16364 -57.5 -84.4 2 27.0 -57.9 197 14 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5452.25 m Freezing level: 824.06 mb = 1652.55 m = 5421.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.64 mb = 1614.12 m = 5295.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.39 % Est. max temperature: 13.74 C = 56.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.88 mb = 592.93 m = 1945.29 ft T: 5.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 0.65 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.18 mb = 855.29 m = 2806.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.33 C = 50.59 F Cap Strength: 9.01 C Lifted Index: 9.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.92 C Showalter Index: 8.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 20.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15331.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.18 mb = 801.65 m = 2630.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 236.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -35.1 tot: -27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 13.17 m/s