MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 41.77,-87.93 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -87.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 987 210 20.9 11.2 54 9.6 15.0 196 5 295.1 296.6 288.6 319.7 8.51 2 950 544 22.6 9.5 44 13.0 14.6 198 17 300.1 301.5 289.8 323.4 7.88 3 900 1013 19.8 8.5 48 11.3 13.0 239 11 301.9 303.3 290.3 325.0 7.77 4 850 1502 16.0 7.4 57 8.5 10.9 284 12 302.9 304.3 290.5 325.7 7.64 5 800 2013 11.3 6.1 70 5.3 8.3 302 13 303.2 304.6 290.4 325.4 7.39 6 750 2549 7.5 0.1 59 7.5 3.7 308 9 304.8 305.7 288.9 320.4 5.13 7 700 3114 4.4 -7.1 43 11.5 -0.7 301 9 307.4 308.0 287.9 317.4 3.20 8 650 3713 0.5 -11.7 39 12.3 -4.3 295 11 309.6 310.0 287.8 317.2 2.39 9 600 4351 -1.7 -28.0 11 26.3 -8.7 321 10 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.3 0.64 10 550 5042 -3.1 -35.8 6 32.7 -10.5 10 12 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.6 0.33 11 500 5788 -8.6 -37.3 8 28.7 -14.4 24 12 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.31 12 450 6595 -14.4 -37.8 12 23.4 -18.7 20 14 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.33 13 400 7475 -21.5 -43.5 12 22.0 -24.4 22 18 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.20 14 350 8444 -28.7 -51.8 9 23.1 -30.7 19 18 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 15 300 9528 -36.7 -57.1 10 20.4 -37.9 10 19 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 16 250 10765 -46.1 -60.2 19 14.1 -46.6 11 16 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.05 17 200 12217 -54.8 -66.2 23 11.3 -55.1 334 15 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14028 -61.0 -78.3 8 17.3 -61.2 330 14 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16508 -65.5 -83.9 6 18.4 -65.6 298 14 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.11 m Freezing level: 638.43 mb = 3860.53 m = 12665.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.78 mb = 3023.34 m = 9918.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.04 mb = 1441.33 m = 4728.72 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.41 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.16 mb = 2903.98 m = 9527.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lifted Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 16.02 C K Index: 20.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7386.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.96 mb = 2149.59 m = 7052.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.0 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 341.0 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: -4.1 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 51.87 m/s