MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.80,-88.01 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -26 SFC 972 215 12.0 10.0 88 2.0 10.9 311 14 287.5 288.9 285.2 309.8 7.95 2 950 404 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.3 317 28 287.3 288.6 284.6 308.2 7.43 3 900 851 7.2 7.0 98 0.2 7.1 333 33 288.9 290.1 284.8 308.6 6.97 4 850 1322 6.6 6.0 96 0.6 6.2 335 27 293.0 294.3 286.4 312.9 6.91 5 800 1818 3.5 2.8 95 0.8 3.1 334 28 294.9 296.0 286.0 312.0 5.84 6 750 2339 0.1 0.0 99 0.1 0.1 331 31 296.7 297.6 285.9 311.8 5.11 7 700 2890 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.3 330 30 300.1 300.9 286.6 313.8 4.56 8 650 3476 -5.0 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 334 26 303.3 304.0 287.2 315.2 3.91 9 600 4102 -8.2 -8.7 96 0.5 -8.4 342 18 306.7 307.3 287.8 317.0 3.31 10 550 4774 -10.8 -11.3 96 0.5 -11.0 199 6 311.3 311.8 288.9 320.7 2.94 11 500 5504 -13.6 -13.8 98 0.2 -13.7 180 40 316.5 317.0 290.3 325.1 2.63 12 450 6296 -19.3 -19.5 99 0.2 -19.4 197 40 319.0 319.3 290.3 325.1 1.82 13 400 7162 -25.2 -25.7 96 0.5 -25.3 205 40 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.3 1.18 14 350 8120 -29.6 -48.3 15 18.6 -31.4 197 75 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.14 15 300 9210 -35.2 -60.9 6 25.6 -36.6 195 94 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.04 16 250 10459 -42.2 -64.7 7 22.5 -43.0 195 85 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 11953 -47.2 -75.0 3 27.8 -47.8 207 64 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 18 150 13820 -55.3 -80.0 3 24.7 -55.6 249 35 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16354 -60.9 -84.7 3 23.8 -61.2 256 30 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5529.44 m Freezing level: 747.09 mb = 2371.06 m = 7778.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.37 mb = 2356.37 m = 7730.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.50 % Est. max temperature: 18.53 C = 65.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.85 mb = 466.75 m = 1531.30 ft T: 9.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.36 C/km ThetaE index: 1.61 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.23 mb = 785.28 m = 2576.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.17 C = 55.71 F Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lifted Index: 9.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 25.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12240.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.20 mb = 767.27 m = 2517.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.7 neg: -4.9 tot: 62.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.80 Bulk Shear: 2.12 m/s