MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 83 SFC 986 202 10.1 6.3 77 3.8 8.1 200 8 284.4 285.5 281.9 301.4 6.09 2 950 508 6.9 5.4 90 1.5 6.1 201 12 284.2 285.2 281.6 300.7 5.92 3 900 950 3.6 3.5 99 0.2 3.5 209 15 285.2 286.2 281.5 300.5 5.45 4 850 1413 1.1 1.1 99 0.1 1.1 212 22 287.3 288.2 281.8 301.2 4.86 5 800 1898 -1.4 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.6 208 25 289.6 290.3 282.1 301.7 4.20 6 750 2410 -4.5 -4.7 99 0.2 -4.6 205 24 291.7 292.3 282.3 302.2 3.60 7 700 2952 -5.0 -7.9 80 2.9 -6.1 200 22 296.9 297.5 283.8 306.0 3.01 8 650 3533 -6.7 -10.9 72 4.2 -8.2 190 24 301.4 301.8 285.1 309.3 2.56 9 600 4154 -10.2 -15.4 66 5.2 -11.9 190 25 304.3 304.6 285.4 310.3 1.92 10 550 4819 -14.8 -19.9 65 5.1 -16.2 184 23 306.5 306.7 285.7 311.1 1.43 11 500 5534 -19.2 -29.6 39 10.4 -21.1 169 32 309.6 309.7 286.0 311.9 0.66 12 450 6309 -24.4 -32.9 45 8.5 -25.8 174 34 312.5 312.6 286.9 314.4 0.53 13 400 7156 -30.6 -32.3 85 1.7 -30.9 174 32 315.2 315.3 287.9 317.4 0.64 14 350 8090 -37.6 -40.2 76 2.7 -37.8 169 41 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.3 0.33 15 300 9142 -41.3 -57.9 15 16.6 -42.1 170 39 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.05 16 250 10373 -43.4 -68.4 5 25.0 -44.2 163 32 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.02 17 200 11868 -45.6 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 167 29 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 18 150 13768 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 174 17 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16370 -57.2 -84.6 2 27.4 -57.6 188 17 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.13 m Freezing level: 828.06 mb = 1625.84 m = 5334.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 829.85 mb = 1604.93 m = 5265.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.84 % Est. max temperature: 13.64 C = 56.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.64 mb = 676.65 m = 2219.96 ft T: 5.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.84 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 849.81 m = 2788.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.70 C = 51.26 F Cap Strength: 7.82 C Lifted Index: 9.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Showalter Index: 8.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 18.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.27 mb = 812.81 m = 2666.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.27 mb = 1038.24 m = 3406.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 880.27 mb = 1129.63 m = 3706.08 ft B at Equ Level: 5.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 820.27 mb = 1697.98 m = 5570.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -11.1 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 21.15 m/s