MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 41.87,-89.08 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 978 242 22.1 16.5 71 5.6 18.4 201 17 297.1 299.3 292.3 332.3 12.16 2 950 495 21.0 15.0 69 6.0 17.1 205 33 298.5 300.6 292.2 331.7 11.37 3 900 962 19.0 12.8 67 6.2 15.0 208 46 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.7 10.39 4 850 1451 15.9 11.0 73 4.9 12.8 209 48 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.7 9.75 5 800 1963 12.1 9.2 82 2.9 10.3 212 49 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.4 9.16 6 750 2502 8.3 7.1 92 1.1 7.6 217 50 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.2 8.49 7 700 3069 5.0 3.9 93 1.1 4.4 222 54 308.0 309.4 291.7 330.2 7.26 8 650 3670 1.0 -0.2 92 1.2 0.4 221 58 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.1 5.82 9 600 4310 -2.9 -4.5 88 1.7 -3.7 226 62 312.8 313.6 290.9 327.2 4.55 10 550 4994 -7.2 -9.1 86 1.9 -7.9 226 61 315.6 316.2 290.8 326.9 3.50 11 500 5731 -11.4 -14.5 78 3.1 -12.5 216 60 319.2 319.6 291.0 327.4 2.49 12 450 6531 -16.2 -22.7 58 6.4 -18.0 215 67 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.6 1.38 13 400 7408 -22.1 -33.9 33 11.9 -24.2 220 69 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.3 0.54 14 350 8374 -29.6 -38.9 40 9.3 -30.7 216 68 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.3 0.38 15 300 9454 -38.4 -43.3 60 4.9 -38.8 212 69 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.4 0.28 16 250 10683 -46.8 -57.5 28 10.8 -47.2 218 69 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.06 17 200 12137 -53.5 -67.0 18 13.5 -53.8 225 77 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 13968 -59.2 -80.2 5 21.0 -59.5 229 66 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16451 -66.8 -83.1 8 16.3 -66.9 232 25 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.82 m Freezing level: 637.34 mb = 3832.27 m = 12572.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.41 mb = 3727.01 m = 12227.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.86 mb = 953.58 m = 3128.51 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.88 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.00 mb = 2005.31 m = 6579.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 37.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.72 mb = 1463.80 m = 4802.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.72 mb = 3142.14 m = 10308.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.72 mb = 7338.97 m = 24077.69 ft B at Equ Level: 143.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.72 mb = 10583.82 m = 34723.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 53.4 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 323.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 81.30 m/s