MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 41.61,-88.07 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 990 208 11.6 9.1 85 2.4 10.2 103 5 285.5 286.8 283.8 306.0 7.35 2 950 556 9.4 6.7 83 2.7 7.9 120 12 286.7 287.8 283.4 304.9 6.47 3 900 1002 6.4 4.1 85 2.4 5.2 128 15 288.1 289.1 283.1 304.3 5.69 4 850 1469 3.1 2.7 97 0.4 2.9 115 18 289.4 290.3 283.4 305.0 5.48 5 800 1958 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.1 116 23 291.4 292.2 283.5 305.3 4.82 6 750 2472 -3.2 -3.8 96 0.5 -3.5 121 23 293.0 293.7 283.1 304.4 3.86 7 700 3016 -5.8 -7.1 91 1.3 -6.4 123 21 296.0 296.6 283.7 305.6 3.20 8 650 3593 -9.3 -10.3 93 1.0 -9.6 126 17 298.4 298.9 284.0 306.6 2.69 9 600 4207 -13.4 -13.7 98 0.3 -13.5 139 20 300.6 301.0 284.4 307.5 2.21 10 550 4864 -16.7 -16.9 98 0.2 -16.7 147 18 304.3 304.6 285.4 310.2 1.85 11 500 5577 -19.7 -19.9 99 0.2 -19.7 126 18 309.0 309.3 286.8 314.2 1.58 12 450 6350 -25.8 -28.2 80 2.5 -26.2 135 20 310.8 311.0 286.6 313.7 0.83 13 400 7191 -33.0 -33.5 95 0.5 -33.1 136 23 312.1 312.2 286.8 314.0 0.56 14 350 8114 -40.4 -40.7 97 0.3 -40.4 138 29 314.3 314.4 287.2 315.4 0.31 15 300 9154 -43.7 -57.4 21 13.7 -44.2 138 26 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.05 16 250 10378 -43.7 -68.8 5 25.1 -44.5 144 21 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.01 17 200 11876 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.5 162 15 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 18 150 13778 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 180 11 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16383 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.8 171 11 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5449.20 m Freezing level: 797.16 mb = 1986.88 m = 6518.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.10 mb = 1976.60 m = 6484.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.10 % Est. max temperature: 15.80 C = 60.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.92 mb = 512.67 m = 1681.97 ft T: 9.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1146.95 m = 3762.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.58 C = 58.25 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 5.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 5.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 24.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13090.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.55 mb = 960.60 m = 3151.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.2 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 157.2 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 11.01 m/s