MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 140 SFC 990 229 28.0 14.7 44 13.2 19.2 217 13 302.0 304.0 292.7 333.6 10.71 2 950 590 23.2 13.7 55 9.5 17.0 219 23 300.8 302.7 292.1 331.4 10.41 3 900 1059 18.8 12.7 68 6.0 14.9 221 25 300.8 302.7 292.0 331.2 10.32 4 850 1546 14.2 11.8 85 2.5 12.7 224 25 301.1 302.9 292.0 331.3 10.25 5 800 2055 9.9 9.5 97 0.4 9.7 231 27 301.7 303.5 291.6 329.5 9.37 6 750 2591 8.2 4.4 77 3.8 6.1 244 32 305.5 306.8 290.8 326.7 7.01 7 700 3158 4.5 2.4 86 2.1 3.4 250 32 307.5 308.7 291.0 327.5 6.54 8 650 3758 0.3 -1.0 91 1.2 -0.3 245 34 309.3 310.3 290.6 326.3 5.50 9 600 4395 -3.5 -5.4 86 1.9 -4.4 243 38 312.1 312.9 290.4 325.5 4.25 10 550 5079 -7.0 -10.8 74 3.8 -8.5 245 39 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.7 3.05 11 500 5817 -11.3 -13.6 83 2.3 -12.2 249 35 319.2 319.8 291.2 328.1 2.67 12 450 6618 -16.2 -17.9 87 1.7 -16.8 251 31 322.8 323.2 291.7 329.9 2.08 13 400 7494 -22.2 -25.0 77 2.9 -22.8 250 34 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.6 1.25 14 350 8462 -29.5 -36.1 53 6.6 -30.4 252 35 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.9 0.50 15 300 9540 -38.8 -46.7 43 8.0 -39.4 258 38 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.19 16 250 10763 -49.1 -54.7 52 5.6 -49.3 264 44 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.09 17 200 12189 -60.4 -61.4 87 1.0 -60.4 263 50 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 18 150 13958 -63.1 -76.1 16 13.0 -63.2 259 61 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16448 -65.9 -83.3 7 17.5 -66.0 250 48 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.10 m Freezing level: 646.10 mb = 3807.37 m = 12491.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.46 mb = 3702.31 m = 12146.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.24 mb = 1886.32 m = 6188.64 ft T: 11.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 4.54 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1878.56 m = 6163.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.80 mb = 1819.06 m = 5967.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.80 mb = 1973.51 m = 6474.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.80 mb = 2396.04 m = 7860.94 ft B at Equ Level: 7.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.80 mb = 11944.44 m = 39187.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 123.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 5.54 Bulk Shear: 30.19 m/s