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: 41.98,-86.27 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -86.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 224 18.0 14.0 78 3.9 15.5 227 12 292.6 294.4 289.3 321.9 10.29 2 950 511 14.7 12.8 89 1.9 13.6 224 18 292.1 293.9 288.8 320.1 9.85 3 900 967 11.2 11.1 100 0.1 11.2 227 20 293.0 294.7 288.6 319.5 9.27 4 850 1444 10.1 6.9 80 3.3 8.3 238 22 296.8 298.1 288.1 318.2 7.34 5 800 1947 8.9 -1.5 48 10.4 3.8 258 18 300.6 301.4 286.6 313.5 4.27 6 750 2479 7.1 -4.5 43 11.6 1.7 270 19 304.3 305.0 287.2 315.5 3.64 7 700 3044 4.0 -3.4 58 7.4 0.4 280 26 306.9 307.7 288.7 320.0 4.23 8 650 3642 -0.2 -4.3 74 4.1 -2.1 278 28 308.8 309.6 289.4 322.1 4.27 9 600 4279 -3.4 -8.5 68 5.1 -5.5 263 27 312.2 312.8 289.6 322.9 3.35 10 550 4964 -6.0 -13.2 57 7.2 -8.7 262 34 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.3 2.52 11 500 5705 -9.7 -21.1 39 11.4 -13.2 269 40 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.1 1.42 12 450 6510 -15.0 -29.6 28 14.5 -18.3 267 39 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.73 13 400 7389 -21.7 -36.4 25 14.7 -24.1 267 39 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.4 0.43 14 350 8356 -30.2 -40.0 38 9.8 -31.3 270 42 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.34 15 300 9432 -38.8 -49.8 30 11.0 -39.5 269 44 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 16 250 10657 -48.2 -59.0 28 10.7 -48.6 271 47 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.05 17 200 12089 -59.3 -66.3 40 7.0 -59.4 269 42 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 18 150 13851 -66.5 -76.0 25 9.5 -66.6 267 53 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16317 -62.5 -84.3 4 21.8 -62.7 245 40 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.43 m Freezing level: 652.26 mb = 3614.93 m = 11859.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.57 mb = 3141.69 m = 10307.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.00 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.94 mb = 718.31 m = 2356.64 ft T: 13.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.34 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.69 mb = 885.71 m = 2905.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.24 C = 64.83 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: 6.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.82 C Cross Totals Index: 16.54 C K Index: 19.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.06 mb = 863.84 m = 2834.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.06 mb = 910.16 m = 2986.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 886.06 mb = 1096.97 m = 3598.93 ft B at Equ Level: 5.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 856.06 mb = 1384.52 m = 4542.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.7 neg: -5.7 tot: 75.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 37.05 m/s