MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 42.05,-87.93 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -87.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 985 217 26.2 13.1 44 13.1 17.7 285 3 300.6 302.3 291.4 328.9 9.62 2 950 537 22.9 11.3 48 11.6 15.6 288 6 300.4 302.1 290.7 326.7 8.91 3 900 1004 18.5 10.4 59 8.1 13.5 288 7 300.6 302.2 290.8 326.7 8.86 4 850 1491 13.9 9.5 75 4.4 11.2 290 8 300.7 302.3 290.7 326.7 8.80 5 800 1999 10.2 6.3 77 3.8 7.9 307 10 302.0 303.4 290.1 324.4 7.52 6 750 2534 7.9 -1.2 52 9.2 3.3 315 12 305.2 306.0 288.6 319.5 4.66 7 700 3101 5.3 -6.9 41 12.2 -0.2 312 10 308.3 308.9 288.3 318.5 3.24 8 650 3702 1.7 -10.6 40 12.3 -3.4 305 13 310.8 311.3 288.5 319.2 2.62 9 600 4342 -2.2 -16.2 33 13.9 -7.2 292 14 313.5 313.9 288.6 319.5 1.80 10 550 5027 -6.2 -28.4 15 22.2 -11.8 295 15 316.8 316.9 288.5 319.1 0.67 11 500 5768 -9.1 -37.1 8 28.0 -14.7 335 16 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.32 12 450 6575 -14.5 -41.3 8 26.8 -18.9 352 20 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.9 0.23 13 400 7455 -21.0 -40.1 16 19.0 -23.9 351 23 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.29 14 350 8427 -28.4 -48.4 13 20.0 -30.3 345 22 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 15 300 9511 -36.9 -55.3 13 18.4 -38.0 346 19 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 16 250 10746 -46.4 -58.6 24 12.2 -46.9 354 17 337.0 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.06 17 200 12197 -55.2 -65.1 28 10.0 -55.4 359 19 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14000 -61.0 -78.5 8 17.4 -61.2 353 16 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16484 -64.8 -84.0 5 19.2 -64.9 273 16 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.78 m Freezing level: 628.69 mb = 3974.52 m = 13039.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.05 mb = 3064.86 m = 10055.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.33 mb = 1860.45 m = 6103.75 ft T: 11.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 8.21 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2508.23 m = 8228.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 20.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6537.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.85 mb = 1979.62 m = 6494.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.4 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 337.4 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 6.78 m/s