MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 41.89,-88.16 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 992 229 18.1 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 173 8 291.9 294.0 290.5 325.6 11.87 2 950 602 18.6 14.8 78 3.8 16.1 202 27 296.1 298.1 291.3 328.4 11.21 3 900 1066 17.6 11.8 69 5.8 14.0 209 24 299.7 301.4 291.2 328.1 9.70 4 850 1553 14.8 8.7 67 6.1 11.1 216 19 301.6 303.2 290.7 326.4 8.34 5 800 2063 10.1 7.2 82 2.9 8.4 222 18 301.9 303.4 290.5 325.7 8.00 6 750 2596 6.5 6.1 97 0.4 6.2 227 18 303.6 305.1 290.9 327.2 7.88 7 700 3160 4.6 -3.0 58 7.6 0.9 231 22 307.6 308.4 289.1 321.1 4.37 8 650 3761 1.4 -8.8 46 10.3 -3.0 232 24 310.6 311.2 288.8 320.2 3.01 9 600 4400 -3.1 -11.3 53 8.2 -6.3 233 26 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.2 2.69 10 550 5083 -7.4 -14.7 56 7.3 -10.0 236 28 315.3 315.7 289.6 322.6 2.23 11 500 5818 -12.3 -16.6 70 4.3 -13.7 245 31 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.0 2.09 12 450 6616 -17.2 -18.7 89 1.4 -17.7 259 33 321.6 321.9 291.2 328.2 1.95 13 400 7490 -22.7 -27.3 66 4.6 -23.7 262 37 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.1 1.02 14 350 8454 -30.2 -35.5 60 5.3 -30.9 263 39 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.0 0.53 15 300 9530 -39.2 -41.5 79 2.3 -39.4 268 45 330.1 330.1 292.1 331.3 0.33 16 250 10751 -49.7 -50.4 92 0.7 -49.7 267 52 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 17 200 12174 -59.9 -62.6 71 2.7 -60.0 266 62 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 18 150 13958 -61.5 -76.9 11 15.4 -61.7 260 63 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16446 -65.4 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.5 258 44 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.38 m Freezing level: 634.24 mb = 3961.92 m = 12998.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.38 mb = 3295.28 m = 10811.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.68 mb = 452.44 m = 1484.36 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.05 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.21 mb = 1852.92 m = 6079.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 28.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4847.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.18 mb = 1197.95 m = 3930.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.9 neg: -12.5 tot: 112.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 19.56 m/s