MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 40.93,-87.60 Latitude: 40.93 Longitude: -87.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 984 205 15.1 13.5 91 1.5 14.1 25 15 289.6 291.3 287.9 317.5 9.95 2 950 501 13.0 12.6 98 0.3 12.8 31 30 290.4 292.1 288.0 317.8 9.71 3 900 954 10.5 10.5 100 0.0 10.5 47 37 292.4 293.9 288.0 317.7 8.90 4 850 1429 8.2 7.8 97 0.4 8.0 52 34 294.8 296.2 287.9 317.4 7.85 5 800 1928 5.8 5.3 97 0.4 5.5 49 34 297.3 298.6 288.1 317.8 7.02 6 750 2455 3.2 2.8 97 0.4 2.9 46 34 300.0 301.2 288.3 318.6 6.23 7 700 3011 0.2 -1.3 89 1.6 -0.6 47 35 302.7 303.6 288.0 317.7 4.95 8 650 3602 -3.2 -6.4 79 3.2 -4.6 53 39 305.3 306.0 287.6 316.6 3.65 9 600 4231 -7.3 -10.4 78 3.1 -8.5 54 38 307.7 308.3 287.7 316.8 2.89 10 550 4904 -11.2 -13.7 81 2.6 -12.1 51 33 310.8 311.3 288.3 318.6 2.41 11 500 5629 -15.9 -18.1 83 2.2 -16.6 45 32 313.6 314.0 288.6 319.7 1.84 12 450 6415 -21.7 -23.7 84 2.0 -22.1 50 31 316.0 316.3 288.8 320.3 1.26 13 400 7271 -28.2 -32.8 65 4.6 -28.9 49 34 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.61 14 350 8212 -36.6 -39.2 76 2.6 -36.8 55 32 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.7 0.36 15 300 9259 -45.6 -46.1 94 0.6 -45.6 62 40 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.20 16 250 10450 -53.6 -56.8 68 3.2 -53.7 65 35 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.07 17 200 11882 -52.4 -71.6 8 19.2 -52.8 43 39 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13747 -52.2 -80.6 2 28.4 -52.7 40 31 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16327 -59.0 -84.4 2 25.4 -59.3 39 18 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.46 m Freezing level: 696.85 mb = 3048.56 m = 10001.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.05 mb = 2919.06 m = 9576.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.90 % Est. max temperature: 21.04 C = 69.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.69 mb = 397.06 m = 1302.66 ft T: 13.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.05 mb = 741.81 m = 2433.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.92 C = 62.45 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 30.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7936.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.10 mb = 705.04 m = 2313.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 48.3 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 78.3 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.9 neg: -9.4 tot: 150.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 18.75 m/s