MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 41.80,-88.19 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 993 223 19.3 15.9 81 3.4 17.0 226 8 293.0 295.1 290.5 325.7 11.48 2 950 601 16.5 15.1 92 1.4 15.6 228 20 293.9 295.9 290.7 326.5 11.43 3 900 1061 14.3 13.6 95 0.7 13.8 241 28 296.3 298.2 291.1 327.9 10.95 4 850 1543 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.8 247 27 298.8 300.6 291.3 328.4 10.14 5 800 2050 9.7 8.7 94 1.0 9.1 244 22 301.5 303.1 291.1 327.8 8.89 6 750 2584 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.7 240 23 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.7 7.06 7 700 3150 4.4 2.0 85 2.4 3.1 239 25 307.4 308.5 290.8 326.7 6.34 8 650 3751 1.2 -1.9 80 3.1 -0.3 245 27 310.3 311.3 290.6 326.3 5.13 9 600 4391 -2.8 -8.7 64 5.9 -5.3 253 27 312.9 313.6 289.8 323.5 3.31 10 550 5075 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -9.9 244 28 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.7 2.15 11 500 5814 -10.4 -25.7 27 15.4 -14.4 244 28 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.7 0.94 12 450 6615 -16.5 -31.5 26 15.1 -19.6 246 28 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.7 0.61 13 400 7489 -23.0 -38.6 23 15.5 -25.3 255 34 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.3 0.34 14 350 8451 -31.3 -41.0 38 9.7 -32.4 253 40 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.30 15 300 9520 -40.7 -46.8 52 6.0 -41.1 245 41 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 16 250 10738 -48.4 -56.7 38 8.2 -48.7 240 50 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.07 17 200 12192 -53.1 -69.8 11 16.7 -53.4 241 57 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14012 -61.1 -78.7 8 17.6 -61.3 237 50 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16493 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -66.0 238 32 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.42 m Freezing level: 634.74 mb = 3946.09 m = 12946.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.80 mb = 3691.06 m = 12109.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.16 mb = 653.63 m = 2144.44 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 2.73 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1152.91 m = 3782.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.99 C = 73.38 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6257.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.09 mb = 873.19 m = 2864.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.4 neg: -13.2 tot: 82.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 15.82 m/s