MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 187 SFC 996 223 16.9 13.7 81 3.2 14.9 341 1 290.4 292.2 288.2 318.4 9.93 2 950 622 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 216 3 290.6 292.4 288.2 318.5 9.88 3 900 1078 12.9 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 220 13 294.8 296.7 290.2 324.6 10.36 4 850 1558 11.0 10.7 98 0.4 10.8 239 17 297.7 299.4 290.4 325.5 9.53 5 800 2063 9.2 7.2 88 2.0 8.0 250 22 300.9 302.4 290.2 324.6 8.01 6 750 2596 6.5 5.3 93 1.1 5.8 244 25 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.0 7.49 7 700 3160 3.0 2.2 94 0.8 2.6 246 27 305.8 307.0 290.4 325.3 6.42 8 650 3758 0.1 -1.6 89 1.7 -0.8 244 30 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.2 5.23 9 600 4396 -3.7 -6.2 83 2.5 -4.8 242 31 311.8 312.6 290.1 324.5 4.02 10 550 5079 -7.4 -10.3 80 2.8 -8.6 251 30 315.2 315.9 290.5 325.6 3.19 11 500 5815 -11.9 -14.5 81 2.6 -12.8 257 32 318.6 319.0 290.8 326.8 2.49 12 450 6613 -17.3 -17.8 96 0.5 -17.4 251 38 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.6 2.10 13 400 7486 -23.3 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 247 41 324.7 324.9 291.6 329.7 1.45 14 350 8448 -30.9 -30.9 100 0.0 -30.9 246 42 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.83 15 300 9521 -40.0 -40.0 100 -0.0 -40.1 243 44 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.39 16 250 10736 -50.6 -50.7 99 0.1 -50.6 242 44 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.15 17 200 12177 -54.8 -67.3 20 12.5 -55.1 261 50 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13983 -61.6 -77.3 11 15.7 -61.7 249 61 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16469 -65.3 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.4 243 47 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.63 m Freezing level: 649.30 mb = 3767.15 m = 12359.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.78 mb = 3613.29 m = 11854.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.20 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.14 mb = 629.64 m = 2065.74 ft T: 13.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.49 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1370.69 m = 4496.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.55 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 4.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.46 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7895.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.77 mb = 785.31 m = 2576.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 62.15 m/s