MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 40.26,-88.47 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -88.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 981 226 21.4 17.5 78 3.9 18.8 231 14 296.2 298.5 292.6 333.5 12.94 2 950 504 18.7 16.2 86 2.5 17.1 235 25 296.2 298.4 292.2 331.7 12.31 3 900 966 15.2 14.8 98 0.4 15.0 241 28 297.2 299.3 292.1 331.5 11.85 4 850 1450 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.7 252 29 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.2 10.81 5 800 1958 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 251 30 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.6 9.64 6 750 2493 7.3 6.6 95 0.7 6.9 245 32 304.6 306.1 291.5 329.2 8.20 7 700 3059 4.4 0.9 78 3.5 2.6 245 32 307.4 308.5 290.4 325.4 5.86 8 650 3659 0.4 -4.8 68 5.1 -2.0 250 36 309.4 310.2 289.5 322.3 4.13 9 600 4295 -4.4 -9.1 70 4.7 -6.3 254 45 311.0 311.7 289.1 321.2 3.20 10 550 4975 -9.2 -14.6 65 5.4 -11.1 253 52 313.2 313.7 288.9 320.5 2.24 11 500 5706 -13.3 -19.2 61 5.9 -15.1 249 54 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.4 1.67 12 450 6501 -17.9 -22.1 69 4.3 -19.0 242 58 320.8 321.0 290.5 325.7 1.44 13 400 7372 -23.2 -23.6 96 0.4 -23.2 229 63 324.9 325.2 291.7 329.9 1.43 14 350 8338 -29.3 -29.4 99 0.1 -29.3 219 69 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.7 0.96 15 300 9420 -37.8 -37.8 100 -0.0 -37.8 215 67 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.9 0.49 16 250 10650 -47.4 -47.7 97 0.3 -47.4 203 76 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.21 17 200 12090 -57.2 -60.8 64 3.5 -57.3 218 77 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 13901 -58.8 -77.5 7 18.7 -59.0 260 54 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16409 -62.4 -83.7 4 21.3 -62.6 264 39 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.81 m Freezing level: 646.05 mb = 3709.17 m = 12169.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.94 mb = 3390.32 m = 11122.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.34 mb = 719.73 m = 2361.28 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.59 mb = 960.69 m = 3151.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.38 C = 72.29 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 405.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.56 mb = 904.18 m = 2966.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.56 mb = 1434.41 m = 4706.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.56 mb = 8103.32 m = 26585.38 ft B at Equ Level: 404.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.56 mb = 12040.13 m = 39501.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 97.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 9.94 Bulk Shear: 40.78 m/s