MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z 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 135 SFC 989 231 19.0 17.3 90 1.8 17.9 282 8 293.1 295.4 291.5 329.1 12.63 2 950 576 17.4 15.7 90 1.7 16.3 278 22 294.8 296.9 291.4 328.9 11.88 3 900 1038 15.6 13.3 86 2.3 14.1 259 26 297.6 299.5 291.4 328.8 10.75 4 850 1522 13.3 11.3 88 2.0 12.0 241 31 300.1 301.9 291.5 329.2 9.94 5 800 2031 10.7 9.3 91 1.4 9.8 233 36 302.6 304.3 291.7 329.9 9.21 6 750 2567 7.5 7.1 98 0.3 7.3 230 37 304.7 306.2 291.7 330.1 8.48 7 700 3132 4.1 3.5 96 0.7 3.8 226 36 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.5 7.04 8 650 3732 0.6 -0.3 94 0.9 0.1 221 37 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.6 5.78 9 600 4371 -2.9 -3.8 93 0.9 -3.4 224 39 312.8 313.7 291.1 327.9 4.80 10 550 5056 -6.6 -7.4 94 0.8 -7.0 226 38 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.0 3.98 11 500 5794 -11.0 -11.9 93 0.9 -11.3 229 38 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.8 3.08 12 450 6596 -16.0 -16.5 96 0.5 -16.2 236 39 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.1 2.35 13 400 7473 -21.8 -22.3 96 0.4 -22.0 245 38 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.2 1.60 14 350 8442 -29.0 -29.4 96 0.4 -29.1 251 37 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.1 0.96 15 300 9524 -37.9 -38.2 97 0.3 -37.9 259 38 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.47 16 250 10750 -49.1 -49.4 96 0.3 -49.1 264 41 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.17 17 200 12171 -61.9 -62.4 94 0.5 -61.9 266 51 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 18 150 13944 -61.4 -75.9 13 14.6 -61.5 259 54 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16428 -64.5 -83.5 6 18.9 -64.7 260 53 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.66 m Freezing level: 641.11 mb = 3845.76 m = 12617.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.05 mb = 3756.17 m = 12323.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.86 mb = 451.80 m = 1482.26 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1409.57 m = 4624.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.10 mb = 923.52 m = 3029.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.10 mb = 3644.25 m = 11956.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 607.10 mb = 4277.08 m = 14032.25 ft B at Equ Level: 18.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 507.10 mb = 5684.81 m = 18650.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -47.0 tot: -44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 85.66 m/s