MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 41.4,-87.6 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -87.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 985 204 21.6 11.9 54 9.7 15.6 232 10 296.0 297.6 289.3 321.9 8.92 2 950 515 17.3 10.9 66 6.4 13.4 235 17 294.8 296.3 288.6 319.6 8.63 3 900 973 13.0 9.8 81 3.2 11.1 238 17 294.9 296.4 288.5 319.3 8.46 4 850 1451 9.0 7.5 90 1.5 8.2 247 17 295.6 297.0 288.1 317.9 7.69 5 800 1955 9.7 -2.7 42 12.4 3.8 274 16 301.5 302.2 286.5 313.4 3.92 6 750 2488 7.4 -0.4 58 7.8 3.4 279 18 304.6 305.5 288.6 319.7 4.95 7 700 3054 4.1 -1.4 67 5.6 1.4 292 28 307.1 308.0 289.4 322.2 4.92 8 650 3652 0.2 -4.4 71 4.6 -2.0 288 30 309.1 309.9 289.5 322.4 4.24 9 600 4290 -3.3 -8.4 68 5.1 -5.5 274 29 312.3 312.9 289.7 323.1 3.37 10 550 4974 -6.6 -14.3 54 7.7 -9.4 277 34 316.3 316.7 289.9 323.9 2.30 11 500 5716 -9.0 -22.5 33 13.4 -13.0 271 39 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.4 1.26 12 450 6522 -14.8 -30.3 25 15.5 -18.2 269 39 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.1 0.68 13 400 7401 -21.8 -35.6 28 13.8 -24.1 271 37 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.4 0.46 14 350 8367 -30.2 -38.8 43 8.6 -31.3 275 39 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.38 15 300 9443 -38.8 -49.0 33 10.2 -39.5 271 42 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.15 16 250 10669 -48.2 -57.5 33 9.3 -48.6 273 47 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 17 200 12100 -59.2 -66.8 37 7.5 -59.3 276 45 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 18 150 13864 -67.1 -75.8 28 8.8 -67.1 269 53 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 19 100 16323 -63.4 -84.1 4 20.7 -63.6 247 40 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.57 m Freezing level: 647.80 mb = 3680.45 m = 12074.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.53 mb = 3293.49 m = 10805.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.90 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.45 mb = 1416.96 m = 4648.77 ft T: 9.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1433.54 m = 4703.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.17 C = 70.10 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: 7.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 8.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.05 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 20.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7016.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.48 mb = 1367.83 m = 4487.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 37.24 m/s