MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 41.88,-87.99 Latitude: 41.88 Longitude: -87.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 217 1.8 -9.4 43 11.2 -1.9 314 5 274.4 274.8 270.9 279.6 1.85 1 1000 265 1.5 -9.8 43 11.3 -2.2 318 7 274.6 274.9 271.0 279.7 1.81 2 950 677 0.5 -11.6 40 12.1 -3.3 327 11 277.7 278.0 272.5 282.4 1.65 3 900 1108 -2.7 -13.8 42 11.0 -6.0 326 14 278.7 278.9 272.8 282.9 1.46 4 850 1558 -5.6 -17.6 38 12.0 -8.7 327 16 280.3 280.5 273.2 283.6 1.12 5 800 2032 -6.8 -24.7 23 17.9 -10.6 330 18 283.9 284.0 274.5 285.9 0.64 6 750 2535 -7.8 -33.1 11 25.4 -12.2 333 23 288.1 288.2 276.2 289.2 0.31 7 700 3070 -8.9 -26.9 22 18.1 -12.6 334 29 292.7 292.8 278.9 294.6 0.60 8 650 3641 -11.2 -20.6 46 9.4 -13.5 333 32 296.3 296.5 281.3 299.9 1.14 9 600 4252 -13.8 -18.1 70 4.3 -15.0 333 36 300.1 300.4 283.4 304.9 1.53 10 550 4910 -15.7 -21.7 60 6.0 -17.1 337 45 305.5 305.7 285.1 309.5 1.22 11 500 5624 -19.8 -28.2 47 8.4 -21.4 340 53 308.9 309.0 285.8 311.4 0.75 12 450 6396 -26.2 -32.9 53 6.8 -27.2 343 58 310.3 310.4 286.1 312.2 0.53 13 400 7238 -31.3 -36.4 61 5.1 -31.9 343 66 314.3 314.4 287.3 315.8 0.42 14 350 8171 -38.0 -38.3 96 0.4 -38.0 342 74 317.5 317.6 288.4 319.0 0.40 15 300 9212 -47.0 -47.0 99 0.1 -47.0 346 76 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.9 0.18 16 250 10390 -57.1 -57.2 99 0.1 -57.2 353 76 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.4 0.07 17 200 11794 -56.9 -70.0 18 13.1 -57.1 338 67 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13643 -52.4 -80.8 2 28.4 -52.9 319 44 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16234 -57.5 -84.9 2 27.3 -57.9 317 32 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5358.82 m Freezing level: 942.50 mb = 741.99 m = 2434.32 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.20 % Est. max temperature: 7.41 C = 45.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.39 mb = 1610.27 m = 5282.98 ft T: -5.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.28 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1006.0--369098.8 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.59 mb = 5496.48 m = 18032.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.66 C = 96.18 F Cap Strength: 20.87 C Lifted Index: 22.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.56 C Showalter Index: 21.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.20 C Cross Totals Index: 2.17 C K Index: -21.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 85.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19673.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.50 mb = 2076.16 m = 6811.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 62.91 m/s