MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 91 SFC 987 202 10.8 7.0 77 3.8 8.8 205 7 285.1 286.2 282.5 302.9 6.39 2 950 517 7.7 5.8 88 1.9 6.7 203 13 285.0 286.0 282.1 301.9 6.08 3 900 961 4.3 3.5 95 0.7 3.9 202 16 285.9 286.8 281.9 301.3 5.47 4 850 1423 1.2 0.8 97 0.4 1.0 199 20 287.4 288.2 281.7 301.0 4.76 5 800 1909 -1.4 -2.0 96 0.5 -1.7 195 22 289.6 290.3 282.0 301.5 4.13 6 750 2421 -4.4 -4.6 98 0.2 -4.4 193 23 291.8 292.5 282.4 302.5 3.62 7 700 2962 -6.4 -7.8 90 1.4 -7.0 194 27 295.3 295.9 283.2 304.4 3.03 8 650 3540 -7.7 -10.0 83 2.4 -8.5 189 31 300.3 300.8 284.8 308.7 2.74 9 600 4161 -10.1 -13.3 77 3.2 -11.2 186 28 304.5 304.9 285.9 311.7 2.29 10 550 4827 -13.9 -16.6 80 2.6 -14.7 188 23 307.6 307.9 286.6 313.7 1.90 11 500 5544 -18.4 -20.0 87 1.7 -18.8 191 24 310.7 311.0 287.3 315.8 1.56 12 450 6322 -23.6 -27.9 68 4.2 -24.4 191 26 313.5 313.7 287.6 316.4 0.86 13 400 7171 -30.7 -34.4 70 3.7 -31.2 192 24 315.1 315.2 287.7 316.9 0.52 14 350 8103 -38.1 -42.6 63 4.4 -38.5 188 25 317.3 317.4 288.2 318.3 0.26 15 300 9153 -42.3 -57.5 17 15.2 -42.9 178 31 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.05 16 250 10378 -44.2 -67.2 6 22.9 -44.9 177 29 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 11871 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.8 -46.1 160 29 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 18 150 13770 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 177 19 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 19 100 16374 -57.1 -84.6 2 27.6 -57.5 185 14 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5452.94 m Freezing level: 827.24 mb = 1644.48 m = 5395.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 831.16 mb = 1603.00 m = 5259.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.01 % Est. max temperature: 13.74 C = 56.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.90 mb = 675.08 m = 2214.79 ft T: 6.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.92 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 914.42 m = 3000.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.56 C = 52.81 F Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lifted Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: 9.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 18.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.83 mb = 862.48 m = 2829.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.83 mb = 1180.96 m = 3874.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 805.83 mb = 1850.90 m = 6072.42 ft B at Equ Level: 6.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 735.83 mb = 2570.12 m = 8432.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.0 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 222.0 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 31.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 19.78 m/s