MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 41.80,-88.35 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 981 232 23.9 10.2 42 13.7 15.5 194 12 298.7 300.1 289.4 322.1 7.98 2 950 511 21.2 9.0 46 12.2 13.8 198 22 298.7 300.1 289.0 321.1 7.61 3 900 975 16.7 8.2 57 8.5 11.7 203 26 298.7 300.1 289.1 321.1 7.62 4 850 1459 13.9 7.4 65 6.5 10.1 215 28 300.7 302.1 289.8 323.3 7.62 5 800 1970 12.3 2.1 50 10.2 6.8 221 33 304.3 305.3 289.1 321.2 5.57 6 750 2508 10.2 -6.1 31 16.2 2.7 223 38 307.6 308.2 288.0 317.8 3.23 7 700 3079 7.2 -8.0 33 15.2 0.4 228 41 310.5 311.0 288.8 320.0 2.99 8 650 3684 3.5 -7.5 44 11.0 -1.4 232 41 312.9 313.6 289.9 323.6 3.35 9 600 4329 -0.5 -10.4 47 10.0 -4.7 238 38 315.6 316.1 290.2 324.9 2.88 10 550 5019 -5.0 -11.6 60 6.6 -7.7 242 36 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.5 2.85 11 500 5761 -9.9 -21.7 37 11.8 -13.4 245 35 321.0 321.2 290.5 325.6 1.35 12 450 6564 -16.2 -22.0 61 5.7 -17.9 247 34 322.8 323.1 291.1 327.9 1.46 13 400 7438 -23.0 -23.2 98 0.2 -23.0 245 40 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.3 1.48 14 350 8404 -29.1 -29.1 100 -0.0 -29.1 244 31 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.98 15 300 9492 -35.9 -37.5 85 1.6 -36.1 237 48 334.7 334.9 293.5 336.7 0.51 16 250 10729 -46.9 -46.9 100 -0.0 -46.9 227 49 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.23 17 200 12166 -57.2 -59.9 71 2.7 -57.2 228 45 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.06 18 150 13976 -62.6 -78.8 10 16.2 -62.7 247 39 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16429 -68.4 -83.3 10 14.9 -68.4 273 31 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.01 m Freezing level: 605.97 mb = 4251.58 m = 13948.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.54 mb = 3213.43 m = 10542.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.31 mb = 1955.84 m = 6416.72 ft T: 12.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.34 mb = 3654.47 m = 11989.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.95 C = 100.30 F Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lifted Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.26 C Showalter Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 15.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7945.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.32 mb = 2039.60 m = 6691.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 207.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 54.74 m/s