MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 41.74,-87.04 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -87.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 990 201 20.6 12.1 58 8.5 15.4 242 7 294.6 296.2 288.9 320.6 9.01 2 950 556 18.3 9.6 57 8.7 13.1 257 9 295.7 297.1 288.3 318.6 7.90 3 900 1017 15.0 8.5 65 6.4 11.2 274 9 296.9 298.3 288.6 319.6 7.78 4 850 1498 11.3 5.7 68 5.6 8.2 314 8 298.0 299.3 288.1 317.9 6.77 5 800 2003 10.4 1.2 53 9.1 5.6 346 12 302.2 303.2 288.1 318.0 5.23 6 750 2539 8.3 -2.8 46 11.1 2.9 357 14 305.6 306.3 288.2 318.4 4.15 7 700 3105 5.4 -7.5 39 12.9 -0.3 353 12 308.4 309.0 288.2 318.3 3.11 8 650 3707 2.0 -13.1 32 15.1 -3.8 330 12 311.2 311.6 288.2 318.2 2.15 9 600 4347 -2.3 -17.8 29 15.5 -7.5 318 13 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.7 1.58 10 550 5032 -6.6 -24.1 24 17.5 -11.5 309 15 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.7 0.99 11 500 5772 -9.1 -35.9 9 26.8 -14.6 298 13 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.36 12 450 6579 -14.8 -36.1 14 21.3 -18.8 323 13 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.39 13 400 7457 -21.6 -40.9 16 19.4 -24.4 306 12 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.27 14 350 8426 -29.3 -47.3 16 18.0 -31.0 304 14 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.15 15 300 9507 -37.7 -51.3 23 13.5 -38.6 300 16 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 16 250 10736 -47.8 -55.2 42 7.4 -48.1 297 14 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 17 200 12180 -56.0 -64.0 36 8.0 -56.2 341 22 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 13982 -60.9 -77.9 9 17.0 -61.1 307 15 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16485 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.8 -64.7 272 18 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.47 m Freezing level: 626.86 mb = 4003.28 m = 13133.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.15 mb = 3045.15 m = 9990.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.93 mb = 1273.77 m = 4179.00 ft T: 13.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.92 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.39 mb = 3100.75 m = 10172.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.39 C = 93.90 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 7.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.24 C Showalter Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.46 C Cross Totals Index: 14.84 C K Index: 13.33 Risk: None Sweat Index: 98.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8588.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.59 mb = 1640.32 m = 5381.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.8 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 348.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 17.21 m/s