MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 40.50,-88.87 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -88.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 984 239 17.9 15.1 83 2.9 16.1 151 10 292.5 294.4 289.9 323.7 11.01 2 950 536 17.4 12.5 73 4.8 14.3 142 25 294.8 296.5 289.5 322.5 9.64 3 900 997 15.4 9.8 69 5.7 12.0 124 25 297.4 298.9 289.4 322.1 8.46 4 850 1480 12.2 7.8 74 4.4 9.6 110 24 298.9 300.3 289.3 321.9 7.81 5 800 1985 8.5 5.8 83 2.7 7.0 108 24 300.3 301.6 289.3 321.7 7.24 6 750 2516 4.8 3.8 93 1.0 4.2 123 23 301.7 303.0 289.3 321.8 6.70 7 700 3076 0.8 0.6 99 0.1 0.7 149 28 303.3 304.4 288.9 320.6 5.72 8 650 3669 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 158 31 307.0 308.0 289.6 322.7 5.10 9 600 4303 -4.5 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.7 150 29 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.9 4.45 10 550 4985 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 132 27 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.1 3.76 11 500 5722 -11.7 -12.1 96 0.4 -11.9 123 27 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.7 3.02 12 450 6521 -16.6 -16.7 99 0.1 -16.6 125 30 322.4 322.9 291.7 330.2 2.31 13 400 7395 -23.3 -24.6 89 1.3 -23.6 132 34 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.30 14 350 8356 -31.4 -39.9 43 8.5 -32.4 137 41 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.34 15 300 9429 -39.4 -57.4 13 18.0 -40.3 135 53 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 16 250 10652 -48.6 -61.8 20 13.2 -49.0 146 54 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 12097 -52.8 -68.5 13 15.8 -53.1 168 44 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13938 -58.4 -79.4 5 21.1 -58.6 195 30 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16457 -63.0 -83.6 5 20.6 -63.1 219 14 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.57 m Freezing level: 684.73 mb = 3256.82 m = 10684.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.82 mb = 3227.83 m = 10589.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.78 C = 76.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.66 mb = 602.08 m = 1975.32 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 2.02 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1814.02 m = 5951.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.23 C = 77.42 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 31.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.14 mb = 1301.47 m = 4269.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.14 mb = 2700.63 m = 8860.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.14 mb = 3630.34 m = 11910.43 ft B at Equ Level: 30.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 583.14 mb = 4526.80 m = 14851.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 163.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: -42.4 tot: 39.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 5.43 m/s