MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 159 SFC 992 229 20.7 16.7 78 4.0 18.0 194 10 294.5 296.7 291.5 329.2 12.11 2 950 601 18.2 15.3 83 2.9 16.3 206 25 295.6 297.7 291.4 328.9 11.56 3 900 1065 17.8 11.8 68 6.0 14.0 218 30 299.8 301.6 291.2 328.4 9.71 4 850 1552 14.3 9.9 75 4.4 11.6 216 27 301.1 302.8 291.1 327.8 9.03 5 800 2061 10.3 7.7 83 2.7 8.8 219 24 302.2 303.7 290.7 326.7 8.25 6 750 2595 6.5 5.1 91 1.4 5.7 236 25 303.6 305.0 290.5 325.7 7.36 7 700 3161 4.8 1.9 81 2.9 3.2 249 28 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.0 6.27 8 650 3762 0.9 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.6 244 30 309.9 310.9 290.5 325.6 5.04 9 600 4401 -2.8 -6.9 73 4.1 -4.7 241 31 312.9 313.6 290.2 324.9 3.79 10 550 5085 -7.1 -12.2 67 5.1 -9.1 239 32 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.73 11 500 5822 -11.4 -17.6 60 6.1 -13.5 247 33 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.5 1.92 12 450 6623 -16.4 -20.4 72 3.9 -17.6 255 33 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.3 1.68 13 400 7498 -22.6 -24.2 86 1.7 -22.9 263 35 325.7 325.9 291.8 330.4 1.35 14 350 8463 -30.3 -31.4 90 1.1 -30.4 267 35 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.8 0.79 15 300 9539 -39.1 -44.3 58 5.2 -39.5 262 38 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.25 16 250 10760 -49.5 -54.6 55 5.1 -49.7 262 46 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.09 17 200 12182 -60.2 -63.8 63 3.6 -60.3 269 53 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.04 18 150 13957 -61.8 -77.1 11 15.3 -62.0 256 59 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16450 -66.2 -83.3 7 17.0 -66.4 252 44 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.15 m Freezing level: 638.23 mb = 3911.96 m = 12834.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.14 mb = 3660.62 m = 12009.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.38 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.65 mb = 740.86 m = 2430.60 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 3.54 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1788.71 m = 5868.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 32.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.06 mb = 1207.78 m = 3962.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.06 mb = 2484.97 m = 8152.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.06 mb = 2816.11 m = 9239.10 ft B at Equ Level: 23.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 540.06 mb = 5226.29 m = 17146.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.8 neg: -23.0 tot: 138.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 30.99 m/s