MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 161 SFC 993 225 23.4 15.4 61 8.0 18.1 237 11 297.1 299.2 291.6 329.5 11.16 2 950 606 18.9 14.5 75 4.5 16.0 238 19 296.4 298.4 291.2 328.1 10.96 3 900 1067 14.6 13.3 92 1.3 13.8 240 20 296.6 298.5 291.0 327.6 10.73 4 850 1550 13.2 6.3 63 6.9 9.2 250 25 299.9 301.2 289.0 320.8 7.05 5 800 2058 11.1 -2.9 37 14.1 4.3 254 28 303.0 303.7 287.0 314.8 3.85 6 750 2593 8.5 -7.7 31 16.2 1.4 255 30 305.8 306.3 287.0 314.7 2.85 7 700 3160 5.7 -11.5 28 17.3 -1.3 254 30 308.8 309.3 287.5 316.1 2.26 8 650 3763 2.9 -18.6 19 21.5 -4.5 258 27 312.2 312.5 287.7 316.7 1.35 9 600 4406 -0.5 -24.1 15 23.5 -7.5 269 25 315.5 315.7 288.3 318.6 0.91 10 550 5095 -5.3 -23.9 22 18.5 -10.7 279 25 317.8 318.0 289.1 321.3 1.01 11 500 5834 -11.3 -25.6 30 14.3 -15.0 289 26 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.6 0.95 12 450 6634 -16.5 -33.9 21 17.4 -19.8 295 27 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.48 13 400 7509 -22.4 -44.6 11 22.2 -25.1 291 25 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.18 14 350 8474 -30.1 -46.5 19 16.4 -31.7 290 28 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.17 15 300 9551 -38.6 -48.7 34 10.1 -39.3 305 33 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 16 250 10776 -48.6 -56.2 41 7.6 -48.9 309 36 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 17 200 12216 -55.4 -66.8 23 11.4 -55.6 300 38 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14025 -60.6 -76.7 10 16.1 -60.8 279 20 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16518 -65.7 -83.1 7 17.4 -65.8 269 13 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.07 m Freezing level: 607.66 mb = 4307.61 m = 14132.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.07 mb = 2882.60 m = 9457.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.17 mb = 1226.73 m = 4024.64 ft T: 14.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1776.29 m = 5827.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 17.54 C K Index: 13.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5552.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.05 mb = 1208.81 m = 3965.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.3 neg: -4.3 tot: 89.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 21.90 m/s