MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 41.84,-88.15 Latitude: 41.84 Longitude: -88.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 992 224 19.3 15.6 79 3.7 16.9 202 11 293.1 295.1 290.3 325.2 11.27 2 950 598 16.5 15.0 91 1.5 15.5 212 26 294.0 296.0 290.7 326.4 11.36 3 900 1059 15.2 14.8 98 0.4 14.9 232 29 297.1 299.3 292.1 331.4 11.83 4 850 1543 13.9 11.5 86 2.4 12.4 225 24 300.7 302.5 291.8 330.4 10.10 5 800 2053 10.9 7.9 82 3.0 9.1 235 23 302.8 304.3 291.0 327.7 8.37 6 750 2589 8.4 2.6 67 5.7 5.2 244 32 305.6 306.8 290.1 324.4 6.17 7 700 3157 5.2 -2.5 57 7.7 1.4 241 31 308.3 309.1 289.5 322.4 4.56 8 650 3758 1.3 -6.3 57 7.5 -2.1 239 30 310.4 311.1 289.3 322.0 3.68 9 600 4397 -3.0 -10.4 56 7.4 -6.0 241 29 312.7 313.2 289.3 321.9 2.88 10 550 5080 -7.4 -16.2 49 8.9 -10.4 246 30 315.3 315.7 289.3 321.8 1.96 11 500 5816 -11.7 -24.6 34 12.9 -15.1 249 30 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.4 1.04 12 450 6615 -17.3 -26.5 45 9.2 -19.4 253 29 321.5 321.7 290.3 324.9 0.98 13 400 7485 -24.2 -34.6 38 10.4 -25.9 260 30 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.4 0.51 14 350 8444 -31.3 -46.1 22 14.8 -32.6 275 32 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.18 15 300 9519 -38.5 -53.4 19 14.9 -39.4 292 35 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 16 250 10746 -48.0 -60.7 22 12.7 -48.4 284 40 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 17 200 12186 -56.2 -65.0 32 8.8 -56.3 281 37 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14008 -59.0 -78.4 6 19.4 -59.2 264 27 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16509 -66.1 -83.0 8 17.0 -66.2 274 15 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.12 m Freezing level: 635.14 mb = 3947.61 m = 12951.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.05 mb = 3391.04 m = 11125.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.07 mb = 696.80 m = 2286.05 ft T: 16.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.56 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1646.17 m = 5400.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5098.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.27 mb = 878.25 m = 2881.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.0 neg: -29.8 tot: 130.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 25.70 m/s