MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 165 SFC 993 224 19.9 16.5 81 3.3 17.7 216 10 293.6 295.8 291.1 327.8 12.00 2 950 605 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 220 21 293.4 295.5 291.0 327.4 11.95 3 900 1064 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 244 24 296.6 298.7 291.7 329.9 11.53 4 850 1548 13.4 10.3 81 3.1 11.4 250 24 300.2 301.9 291.0 327.4 9.27 5 800 2057 11.4 5.2 65 6.3 7.9 250 28 303.4 304.6 290.0 324.2 6.94 6 750 2594 8.9 -3.0 43 11.9 3.1 246 30 306.2 307.0 288.3 318.9 4.08 7 700 3161 5.5 -10.0 32 15.5 -1.0 246 30 308.6 309.1 287.7 316.8 2.56 8 650 3763 1.9 -15.7 26 17.6 -4.6 248 28 311.1 311.4 287.6 316.7 1.73 9 600 4403 -1.8 -23.2 18 21.3 -8.2 259 25 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.3 0.99 10 550 5089 -6.3 -27.9 16 21.6 -11.8 274 27 316.6 316.8 288.5 319.1 0.70 11 500 5827 -11.3 -29.3 21 18.0 -15.5 280 27 319.2 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.68 12 450 6626 -17.1 -34.5 21 17.4 -20.3 280 26 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.4 0.46 13 400 7499 -22.7 -43.6 13 20.9 -25.4 286 29 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.20 14 350 8463 -30.2 -49.5 14 19.2 -31.9 291 31 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.12 15 300 9539 -39.3 -52.6 23 13.4 -40.1 291 32 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.10 16 250 10761 -48.9 -58.9 30 10.0 -49.2 278 35 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 17 200 12203 -54.6 -68.3 17 13.7 -54.9 290 34 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14025 -59.7 -78.2 7 18.5 -59.9 264 24 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16521 -65.6 -83.0 7 17.5 -65.7 279 12 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.07 m Freezing level: 624.84 mb = 4084.92 m = 13401.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.07 mb = 3020.76 m = 9910.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.43 mb = 645.70 m = 2118.42 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.17 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 925.22 m = 3035.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.87 C = 71.37 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 19.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6021.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.01 mb = 785.49 m = 2577.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 108.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 31.50 m/s