MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 41.84,-88.27 Latitude: 41.84 Longitude: -88.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 988 232 21.7 15.3 67 6.4 17.5 213 8 295.9 297.9 291.1 327.9 11.11 2 950 569 22.7 12.7 53 10.0 16.3 209 26 300.2 302.0 291.4 328.8 9.73 3 900 1039 20.2 11.2 56 9.0 14.6 218 35 302.3 304.0 291.7 330.0 9.34 4 850 1529 16.0 10.2 69 5.7 12.4 222 34 302.9 304.6 291.8 330.4 9.25 5 800 2041 11.7 9.0 84 2.7 10.0 229 31 303.6 305.3 291.9 330.6 9.06 6 750 2579 8.8 5.9 82 2.9 7.1 235 29 306.2 307.6 291.6 329.7 7.79 7 700 3147 5.0 2.9 86 2.1 3.8 242 28 308.1 309.3 291.3 328.7 6.75 8 650 3748 1.0 -0.8 88 1.8 0.1 247 27 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.4 5.56 9 600 4387 -3.0 -4.2 92 1.2 -3.6 247 25 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.4 4.68 10 550 5072 -6.9 -8.2 90 1.3 -7.4 244 24 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.0 3.76 11 500 5810 -11.1 -12.3 91 1.2 -11.5 235 26 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.3 2.97 12 450 6611 -16.1 -17.0 92 0.9 -16.4 235 33 323.0 323.5 291.9 330.6 2.24 13 400 7488 -22.3 -22.7 97 0.4 -22.4 241 38 326.0 326.3 292.1 331.4 1.55 14 350 8454 -29.9 -30.3 96 0.4 -29.9 244 37 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.7 0.88 15 300 9532 -38.8 -39.5 93 0.7 -38.9 245 40 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.2 0.41 16 250 10755 -49.2 -50.2 89 1.0 -49.3 253 45 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.15 17 200 12179 -60.5 -61.4 89 0.9 -60.5 266 54 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 18 150 13957 -63.4 -71.9 31 8.5 -63.5 259 52 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.02 19 100 16435 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.9 265 53 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.85 m Freezing level: 637.23 mb = 3911.19 m = 12831.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3761.24 m = 12339.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.20 mb = 1055.83 m = 3463.96 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.13 mb = 2455.89 m = 8057.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 0.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.92 mb = 1822.74 m = 5980.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.92 mb = 4178.11 m = 13707.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 545.92 mb = 5129.41 m = 16828.56 ft B at Equ Level: 27.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 455.92 mb = 6511.90 m = 21364.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 19.19 m/s