MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 168 SFC 993 223 17.6 14.8 84 2.7 15.8 258 4 291.3 293.2 289.2 321.6 10.73 2 950 605 14.9 13.8 94 1.0 14.2 255 12 292.3 294.1 289.4 322.1 10.51 3 900 1062 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 244 18 295.4 297.3 290.7 326.4 10.77 4 850 1543 11.8 11.7 100 0.1 11.7 240 21 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.3 10.22 5 800 2050 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 236 23 302.1 303.6 290.9 327.1 8.44 6 750 2586 7.7 4.3 79 3.4 5.8 250 22 304.9 306.2 290.5 325.9 6.93 7 700 3152 4.3 1.2 80 3.1 2.7 249 23 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.6 5.99 8 650 3752 0.9 -1.5 84 2.4 -0.3 244 27 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.4 5.28 9 600 4391 -3.4 -6.3 80 2.9 -4.7 249 29 312.2 313.0 290.2 324.8 3.98 10 550 5074 -7.3 -14.9 54 7.6 -10.0 249 29 315.5 315.9 289.6 322.7 2.18 11 500 5813 -10.6 -26.4 26 15.8 -14.7 242 29 320.1 320.3 289.7 323.2 0.88 12 450 6613 -16.7 -30.8 28 14.1 -19.6 244 28 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.6 0.65 13 400 7486 -23.5 -37.2 27 13.7 -25.6 245 30 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.39 14 350 8446 -31.6 -40.3 42 8.7 -32.6 241 37 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.33 15 300 9515 -40.9 -44.8 66 3.9 -41.2 240 43 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.24 16 250 10731 -49.0 -54.5 53 5.5 -49.2 248 47 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12182 -53.4 -69.8 12 16.4 -53.7 240 56 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13997 -61.2 -77.6 10 16.4 -61.3 236 52 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16482 -65.7 -83.2 7 17.5 -65.8 240 36 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.02 m Freezing level: 639.42 mb = 3887.39 m = 12753.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3683.34 m = 12084.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.95 mb = 569.42 m = 1868.16 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 2.69 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1239.55 m = 4066.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.84 C = 73.11 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6566.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.07 mb = 811.56 m = 2662.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 27.75 m/s