MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 41.81,-88.06 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -88.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 989 218 13.9 12.2 90 1.7 12.9 336 5 288.0 289.6 286.5 313.4 9.07 2 950 555 13.9 11.2 84 2.7 12.3 3 16 291.2 292.8 287.5 316.3 8.81 3 900 1010 11.7 9.1 84 2.7 10.2 8 15 293.6 295.0 287.6 316.7 8.05 4 850 1486 8.8 5.9 82 2.9 7.2 1 14 295.3 296.6 287.2 315.2 6.85 5 800 1987 7.1 1.8 69 5.3 4.4 342 13 298.7 299.7 287.0 314.8 5.43 6 750 2517 6.3 -3.7 49 10.0 1.6 327 14 303.4 304.2 287.2 315.4 3.89 7 700 3080 3.8 -10.0 36 13.8 -1.9 335 15 306.7 307.1 287.0 314.7 2.54 8 650 3678 0.4 -17.6 24 18.0 -5.7 341 19 309.4 309.7 286.8 314.2 1.47 9 600 4315 -3.5 -24.3 18 20.8 -9.3 343 20 312.1 312.3 287.1 315.1 0.89 10 550 4996 -7.8 -28.6 17 20.8 -12.8 341 20 314.8 315.0 287.8 317.1 0.65 11 500 5730 -12.8 -37.1 11 24.4 -17.1 335 22 317.5 317.5 288.3 318.6 0.32 12 450 6524 -19.0 -38.6 16 19.6 -22.0 335 21 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.5 0.30 13 400 7387 -26.6 -39.7 28 13.0 -28.3 340 23 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.5 0.30 14 350 8335 -33.9 -49.3 20 15.3 -35.0 329 20 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.12 15 300 9404 -39.0 -58.5 11 19.5 -39.9 339 25 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.05 16 250 10640 -43.3 -64.5 8 21.2 -44.0 354 31 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12122 -49.8 -70.8 7 21.0 -50.3 325 12 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13973 -56.5 -79.3 4 22.8 -56.8 270 18 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16508 -63.0 -83.9 4 20.9 -63.2 271 22 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.41 m Freezing level: 644.86 mb = 3743.42 m = 12281.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.03 mb = 2770.86 m = 9090.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.18 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.95 mb = 431.83 m = 1416.74 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 1.91 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1413.95 m = 4638.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.97 C = 69.74 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: 5.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.11 C Showalter Index: 6.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.65 C K Index: 13.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10415.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.02 mb = 981.85 m = 3221.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 12.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.07 Bulk Shear: 5.39 m/s