MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 41.96,-88.74 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -88.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 981 257 27.1 15.4 49 11.6 19.3 198 16 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.4 11.32 2 950 535 26.0 14.1 48 11.9 18.1 199 31 303.6 305.5 293.2 335.3 10.67 3 900 1008 21.8 13.0 57 8.8 16.0 202 38 304.0 305.9 293.1 335.2 10.48 4 850 1501 17.3 11.8 70 5.5 13.8 206 43 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.1 10.32 5 800 2016 14.4 8.8 69 5.6 10.9 221 46 306.5 308.1 292.6 333.4 8.93 6 750 2559 11.0 7.1 77 3.8 8.6 235 50 308.5 310.1 292.9 334.3 8.48 7 700 3132 6.9 4.4 84 2.5 5.5 244 52 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.3 7.52 8 650 3737 2.5 0.6 88 1.9 1.5 243 51 311.8 313.0 292.0 331.0 6.18 9 600 4379 -2.6 -5.7 79 3.1 -4.0 242 49 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.4 4.18 10 550 5064 -6.3 -19.7 33 13.5 -10.5 251 48 316.7 316.9 289.2 321.6 1.45 11 500 5803 -10.4 -23.5 34 13.0 -14.1 257 47 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.3 1.15 12 450 6605 -16.0 -27.2 37 11.2 -18.7 259 50 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.4 0.91 13 400 7481 -22.3 -32.7 38 10.4 -24.2 256 60 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.61 14 350 8447 -29.2 -29.8 94 0.6 -29.3 253 61 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.7 0.92 15 300 9535 -36.0 -36.0 100 -0.0 -36.0 261 66 334.6 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10776 -45.0 -45.0 100 -0.0 -45.0 270 88 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.28 17 200 12228 -56.2 -56.2 99 0.1 -56.2 276 104 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14020 -64.0 -77.5 14 13.5 -64.1 269 96 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16460 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.8 266 55 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.45 m Freezing level: 625.59 mb = 4050.21 m = 13287.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.52 mb = 3904.91 m = 12811.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.09 mb = 1733.04 m = 5685.75 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 12.76 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.50 mb = 2653.71 m = 8706.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.87 C = 92.97 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 354.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.23 mb = 2034.96 m = 6676.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.23 mb = 3572.44 m = 11720.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.23 mb = 9230.60 m = 30283.76 ft B at Equ Level: 351.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.23 mb = 12123.55 m = 39774.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 45.9 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 483.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 482.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 112.71 m/s