MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 175 SFC 994 223 16.6 13.5 82 3.2 14.7 327 3 290.3 292.0 288.1 317.9 9.80 2 950 610 13.8 12.8 94 1.0 13.2 267 4 291.2 293.0 288.4 319.0 9.83 3 900 1067 13.2 13.1 100 0.1 13.2 240 13 295.1 297.0 290.5 325.6 10.61 4 850 1548 11.4 11.3 99 0.1 11.4 241 19 298.1 299.9 290.9 327.2 9.97 5 800 2054 9.6 8.5 92 1.2 8.9 239 22 301.4 303.0 290.9 327.2 8.71 6 750 2589 7.1 5.2 87 1.9 6.0 247 22 304.3 305.7 290.7 326.6 7.40 7 700 3154 3.5 2.4 93 1.0 2.9 245 21 306.3 307.5 290.6 326.1 6.52 8 650 3752 0.1 -1.0 92 1.1 -0.4 237 25 309.1 310.1 290.6 326.0 5.47 9 600 4390 -3.4 -5.3 87 1.8 -4.3 240 33 312.1 313.0 290.5 325.7 4.30 10 550 5073 -7.5 -14.1 59 6.6 -9.9 239 30 315.2 315.6 289.6 322.9 2.34 11 500 5810 -11.0 -27.4 25 16.4 -15.0 239 29 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.5 0.81 12 450 6610 -16.7 -33.3 22 16.5 -19.9 237 30 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.51 13 400 7483 -23.6 -34.2 37 10.6 -25.4 233 34 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.53 14 350 8443 -31.6 -36.5 62 4.9 -32.2 235 38 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.9 0.48 15 300 9513 -40.2 -40.3 99 0.1 -40.2 252 40 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.38 16 250 10729 -50.1 -51.8 82 1.7 -50.2 258 46 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.13 17 200 12171 -54.5 -68.4 16 13.9 -54.7 241 55 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 13987 -60.4 -77.9 8 17.6 -60.6 244 58 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16476 -65.3 -83.1 7 17.8 -65.4 241 39 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.10 m Freezing level: 648.53 mb = 3770.97 m = 12371.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.72 mb = 3669.11 m = 12037.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.10 % Est. max temperature: 24.86 C = 76.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.70 mb = 621.94 m = 2040.46 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1524.65 m = 5002.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.36 C = 75.84 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: 4.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7348.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.85 mb = 818.73 m = 2686.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 50.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 53.50 m/s