MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.47,-88.78 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -88.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 981 203 17.6 3.4 39 14.2 10.1 198 13 292.3 293.2 284.1 306.7 4.97 2 950 477 17.0 2.3 37 14.7 9.3 205 28 294.4 295.3 284.7 308.3 4.73 3 900 936 14.2 1.1 41 13.2 7.5 228 34 296.2 297.0 285.2 309.7 4.59 4 850 1415 10.4 -0.1 48 10.5 5.2 243 34 297.0 297.8 285.4 310.3 4.46 5 800 1915 5.9 -1.3 60 7.2 2.4 249 36 297.4 298.2 285.4 310.3 4.34 6 750 2439 0.7 -2.1 82 2.7 -0.6 250 39 297.3 298.1 285.4 310.3 4.38 7 700 2988 -3.7 -3.8 99 0.1 -3.8 246 44 298.4 299.1 285.6 310.7 4.12 8 650 3571 -5.8 -6.1 97 0.3 -5.9 251 43 302.4 303.1 286.7 313.8 3.73 9 600 4196 -8.3 -9.3 92 1.0 -8.7 246 45 306.5 307.0 287.5 316.3 3.14 10 550 4871 -9.5 -13.1 75 3.6 -10.8 234 72 312.8 313.3 289.0 321.0 2.52 11 500 5600 -14.7 -17.8 77 3.1 -15.6 238 83 315.1 315.5 289.2 321.4 1.89 12 450 6390 -19.6 -26.0 57 6.4 -21.1 231 88 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.1 1.02 13 400 7255 -25.4 -41.5 21 16.1 -27.3 230 85 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.9 0.25 14 350 8209 -32.5 -47.5 21 15.0 -33.7 247 93 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.15 15 300 9276 -41.2 -49.5 40 8.4 -41.6 248 103 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.14 16 250 10493 -48.1 -59.9 24 11.8 -48.4 256 100 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 11940 -54.6 -68.6 16 14.0 -54.9 256 87 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13766 -57.5 -78.9 5 21.4 -57.8 243 72 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16310 -59.6 -84.6 2 25.0 -59.9 242 37 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.67 m Freezing level: 742.53 mb = 2520.98 m = 8270.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.25 mb = 2328.72 m = 7640.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.22 % Est. max temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.06 mb = 1985.96 m = 6515.54 ft T: 5.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.20 C/km ThetaE index: 0.04 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.54 mb = 2724.97 m = 8940.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.55 F Cap Strength: 8.10 C Lifted Index: 8.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 7.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 14.56 C K Index: 24.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11510.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.43 mb = 2391.09 m = 7844.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 136.57 m/s