MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 41.84,-88.37 Latitude: 41.84 Longitude: -88.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 988 237 18.0 17.3 96 0.7 17.5 197 2 292.1 294.3 291.1 327.9 12.65 2 950 574 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 232 8 293.4 295.6 291.0 327.4 11.91 3 900 1034 14.3 13.7 96 0.6 14.0 245 18 296.3 298.3 291.2 328.2 11.05 4 850 1516 12.2 11.1 93 1.2 11.5 249 23 299.0 300.7 291.0 327.6 9.78 5 800 2023 9.7 8.4 91 1.3 8.9 249 26 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.2 8.67 6 750 2556 6.4 5.4 93 1.0 5.8 245 28 303.5 304.9 290.6 326.1 7.51 7 700 3120 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.6 238 30 305.5 306.8 290.4 325.4 6.54 8 650 3716 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 235 34 308.7 309.8 290.7 326.3 5.72 9 600 4354 -3.1 -3.4 97 0.3 -3.3 236 34 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.1 4.95 10 550 5039 -6.6 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.8 238 35 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.5 4.10 11 500 5778 -10.7 -11.2 96 0.5 -10.9 238 40 319.9 320.6 291.9 330.6 3.24 12 450 6580 -15.7 -15.9 98 0.2 -15.7 240 44 323.5 324.0 292.2 331.9 2.46 13 400 7458 -21.8 -21.8 100 0.0 -21.8 241 47 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.5 1.67 14 350 8426 -29.3 -29.3 100 -0.0 -29.3 242 49 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.6 0.96 15 300 9506 -38.5 -38.5 100 -0.0 -38.5 251 49 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.46 16 250 10728 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 250 51 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.8 0.16 17 200 12143 -62.9 -63.1 98 0.2 -62.9 247 59 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.04 18 150 13912 -61.6 -76.9 11 15.3 -61.7 271 80 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16416 -66.0 -83.4 7 17.4 -66.2 253 45 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.95 m Freezing level: 654.02 mb = 3668.24 m = 12034.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.66 mb = 3646.41 m = 11963.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.86 mb = 318.82 m = 1045.98 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 865.80 m = 2840.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.09 C = 69.96 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 33.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.97 mb = 746.37 m = 2448.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.97 mb = 2600.37 m = 8531.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 615.97 mb = 4144.91 m = 13598.63 ft B at Equ Level: 44.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 505.97 mb = 5685.86 m = 18654.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.8 neg: -4.3 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 66.60 m/s