MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 41.94,-87.44 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -87.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 179 11.0 -0.6 45 11.6 5.7 158 3 283.8 284.4 278.7 294.1 3.64 1 1000 216 10.5 -1.5 43 12.0 5.2 158 3 283.7 284.3 278.3 293.4 3.42 2 950 640 6.9 -2.7 51 9.5 2.8 155 3 284.1 284.7 278.4 293.5 3.30 3 900 1081 2.7 -3.2 65 5.9 0.3 156 2 284.3 284.9 278.6 293.8 3.35 4 850 1540 -1.4 -5.1 76 3.7 -2.9 226 1 284.6 285.2 278.3 293.4 3.06 5 800 2020 -4.0 -11.5 56 7.5 -6.5 290 8 286.9 287.2 278.0 292.7 1.98 6 750 2528 -3.8 -28.8 12 25.0 -9.2 295 15 292.4 292.5 278.6 293.9 0.47 7 700 3074 -2.7 -42.3 3 39.7 -9.4 293 22 299.5 299.6 281.3 300.0 0.13 8 650 3660 -4.0 -39.1 5 35.1 -10.5 289 25 304.4 304.5 283.4 305.1 0.20 9 600 4287 -7.4 -37.5 7 30.0 -13.0 287 31 307.5 307.6 284.7 308.4 0.25 10 550 4957 -12.4 -37.6 10 25.3 -16.6 287 37 309.4 309.5 285.5 310.4 0.27 11 500 5678 -17.5 -38.4 14 20.9 -20.7 286 42 311.7 311.7 286.2 312.6 0.28 12 450 6457 -23.3 -39.3 22 16.0 -25.4 286 47 313.9 314.0 287.1 314.9 0.28 13 400 7308 -29.4 -32.3 76 2.9 -29.8 290 55 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.64 14 350 8248 -36.4 -40.3 67 3.9 -36.7 292 61 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.9 0.33 15 300 9297 -44.7 -48.1 68 3.4 -44.9 291 70 322.4 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.16 16 250 10491 -53.7 -57.8 61 4.1 -53.8 295 81 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.06 17 200 11916 -56.1 -67.8 22 11.7 -56.3 296 100 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13746 -56.3 -79.4 4 23.1 -56.6 284 72 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16277 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -62.0 282 59 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.54 m Freezing level: 867.33 mb = 1380.84 m = 4530.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 895.91 mb = 1117.64 m = 3666.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.44 % Est. max temperature: 11.83 C = 53.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.82 mb = 1616.49 m = 5303.38 ft T: -1.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.14 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.35 mb = 4477.27 m = 14689.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Cap Strength: 15.27 C Lifted Index: 16.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.62 C Showalter Index: 16.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.11 C Cross Totals Index: 12.39 C K Index: -28.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 44.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15900.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.97 mb = 1786.35 m = 5860.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.5 neg: -2.9 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 73.56 m/s