MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 41.82,-88.19 Latitude: 41.82 Longitude: -88.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 988 226 24.8 16.3 59 8.5 19.1 239 8 299.0 301.2 292.7 333.7 11.90 2 950 568 21.2 15.0 68 6.2 17.1 234 14 298.7 300.8 292.2 331.8 11.35 3 900 1034 17.0 13.9 82 3.1 15.0 226 16 299.0 301.0 292.1 331.5 11.13 4 850 1519 13.1 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 222 19 299.8 301.8 291.9 330.8 10.57 5 800 2027 10.3 9.3 94 1.0 9.7 231 24 302.1 303.8 291.6 329.6 9.25 6 750 2563 7.5 6.1 91 1.3 6.7 245 26 304.7 306.1 291.3 328.5 7.91 7 700 3129 4.3 1.5 82 2.8 2.8 259 24 307.3 308.4 290.6 326.0 6.11 8 650 3728 0.3 -2.9 79 3.2 -1.3 266 26 309.3 310.2 290.0 324.1 4.75 9 600 4365 -3.8 -7.5 75 3.7 -5.4 268 28 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.63 10 550 5048 -7.0 -8.9 86 1.9 -7.8 260 31 315.7 316.4 290.9 327.2 3.54 11 500 5787 -11.2 -13.2 85 1.9 -12.0 257 35 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.5 2.77 12 450 6587 -16.9 -17.4 96 0.5 -17.0 255 38 322.0 322.5 291.5 329.4 2.17 13 400 7460 -23.3 -23.4 99 0.1 -23.4 254 43 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.7 1.45 14 350 8423 -30.5 -32.5 83 1.9 -30.9 253 47 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.71 15 300 9497 -40.0 -42.6 76 2.7 -40.2 257 49 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.30 16 250 10713 -50.4 -52.6 78 2.2 -50.5 262 56 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.12 17 200 12143 -56.4 -67.1 25 10.7 -56.6 265 58 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 13955 -58.8 -78.1 7 19.3 -59.0 255 56 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16458 -65.8 -83.2 7 17.4 -65.9 248 42 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.81 m Freezing level: 646.28 mb = 3775.46 m = 12386.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.47 mb = 3537.78 m = 11606.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.58 mb = 1296.10 m = 4252.23 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.45 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1479.74 m = 4854.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.73 mb = 1372.85 m = 4504.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.73 mb = 1721.02 m = 5646.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.73 mb = 10719.69 m = 35169.17 ft B at Equ Level: 355.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.73 mb = 12474.89 m = 40927.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 12.88 Bulk Shear: 27.67 m/s