MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 189 SFC 996 223 15.5 12.6 83 2.9 13.8 358 4 289.0 290.7 287.1 315.0 9.24 2 950 622 12.9 12.2 95 0.7 12.5 279 0 290.3 292.0 287.8 317.0 9.46 3 900 1078 12.9 12.9 99 0.1 12.9 224 11 294.8 296.7 290.2 324.8 10.41 4 850 1558 11.4 11.1 98 0.3 11.2 242 18 298.1 299.9 290.7 326.6 9.80 5 800 2064 9.3 8.7 96 0.6 8.9 247 22 301.0 302.7 290.9 327.2 8.84 6 750 2598 6.3 6.1 98 0.2 6.2 249 25 303.4 304.9 290.9 327.1 7.89 7 700 3161 3.5 2.2 91 1.3 2.8 243 26 306.3 307.5 290.5 325.9 6.42 8 650 3760 -0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.2 241 28 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.73 9 600 4397 -3.7 -5.6 87 1.9 -4.6 239 31 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.0 4.19 10 550 5079 -7.8 -13.6 63 5.8 -9.9 240 32 314.8 315.2 289.6 322.7 2.43 11 500 5814 -12.1 -18.2 60 6.1 -14.0 238 32 318.3 318.7 290.1 324.4 1.83 12 450 6612 -17.3 -23.0 61 5.8 -18.8 232 33 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.1 1.33 13 400 7485 -23.4 -29.4 58 6.0 -24.6 230 39 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.84 14 350 8447 -30.9 -31.3 96 0.4 -31.0 246 43 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.80 15 300 9518 -40.5 -41.7 88 1.2 -40.6 246 35 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.5 0.33 16 250 10732 -50.3 -52.7 76 2.4 -50.4 248 42 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.12 17 200 12172 -54.6 -64.7 28 10.1 -54.8 241 49 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 13987 -60.6 -77.9 9 17.2 -60.8 245 57 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16478 -65.3 -83.1 7 17.9 -65.4 238 40 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.25 m Freezing level: 650.55 mb = 3753.11 m = 12313.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.59 mb = 3715.22 m = 12188.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.82 C = 76.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.41 mb = 592.05 m = 1942.40 ft T: 13.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 1.30 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1752.27 m = 5748.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.29 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8641.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.69 mb = 795.36 m = 2609.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 77.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 76.46 m/s