MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 40.53,-88.47 Latitude: 40.53 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 78 SFC 981 238 17.0 15.3 90 1.7 16.0 304 16 291.7 293.7 289.8 323.5 11.22 2 950 515 14.6 14.3 98 0.3 14.4 310 27 292.0 293.9 289.6 322.7 10.83 3 900 971 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 317 27 294.2 296.0 289.6 322.8 9.98 4 850 1450 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.2 283 25 297.4 299.0 289.8 323.5 8.98 5 800 1954 8.4 4.1 75 4.2 6.1 276 26 300.1 301.3 288.5 319.2 6.45 6 750 2485 5.5 -2.7 55 8.2 1.5 264 30 302.5 303.3 287.2 315.2 4.16 7 700 3045 1.2 -3.7 70 4.9 -1.1 245 31 303.8 304.6 287.6 316.5 4.15 8 650 3636 -3.5 -11.2 55 7.7 -6.4 235 28 305.0 305.4 286.4 312.8 2.50 9 600 4264 -6.9 -33.3 10 26.5 -12.3 241 31 308.2 308.3 285.1 309.5 0.38 10 550 4937 -11.2 -33.0 15 21.7 -15.5 247 40 310.7 310.8 286.1 312.3 0.43 11 500 5663 -14.3 -40.7 9 26.4 -18.4 239 56 315.6 315.6 287.6 316.4 0.22 12 450 6455 -18.8 -44.6 8 25.9 -22.1 237 55 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.16 13 400 7321 -24.5 -46.7 11 22.2 -26.9 226 65 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.14 14 350 8283 -30.0 -54.5 7 24.4 -31.9 220 79 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 15 300 9363 -37.7 -58.4 10 20.7 -38.8 224 71 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.05 16 250 10596 -46.3 -62.8 14 16.5 -46.7 215 80 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 12046 -54.3 -68.2 17 13.8 -54.6 228 71 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13881 -57.2 -78.2 5 21.0 -57.5 259 52 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16411 -61.4 -84.1 3 22.7 -61.6 284 35 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.88 m Freezing level: 687.25 mb = 3195.60 m = 10484.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.74 mb = 2808.01 m = 9212.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.88 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.21 mb = 450.96 m = 1479.49 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.35 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 765.22 m = 2510.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.47 C = 65.25 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 29.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.45 mb = 745.23 m = 2444.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.45 mb = 2936.01 m = 9632.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.45 mb = 5520.34 m = 18111.13 ft B at Equ Level: 122.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.45 mb = 7331.28 m = 24052.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.8 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -60.9 tot: -54.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 106.60 m/s