MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.93,-88.27 Latitude: 41.93 Longitude: -88.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 977 240 19.3 12.8 66 6.5 15.2 213 11 294.4 296.1 289.3 321.7 9.51 2 950 482 18.7 11.7 64 7.0 14.4 217 25 296.2 297.8 289.6 322.6 9.14 3 900 945 17.0 11.5 70 5.5 13.6 242 38 299.1 300.8 290.8 326.9 9.51 4 850 1432 14.8 11.2 79 3.5 12.6 241 39 301.6 303.4 291.9 330.8 9.89 5 800 1943 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 9.9 237 38 303.8 305.4 291.8 330.3 8.88 6 750 2480 7.9 5.6 86 2.3 6.6 238 38 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.2 7.64 7 700 3046 4.3 1.3 81 3.0 2.7 241 38 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.7 6.03 8 650 3647 1.1 -4.2 68 5.3 -1.4 239 38 310.2 311.0 289.9 323.7 4.31 9 600 4285 -3.4 -8.9 66 5.5 -5.7 233 42 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.5 3.24 10 550 4968 -7.6 -12.2 70 4.6 -9.4 233 45 315.1 315.6 290.0 324.0 2.73 11 500 5704 -12.2 -14.8 81 2.6 -13.1 237 46 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.3 2.43 12 450 6501 -17.3 -19.7 82 2.4 -18.0 238 48 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.5 1.78 13 400 7374 -23.1 -23.3 98 0.2 -23.2 244 51 324.9 325.2 291.7 330.0 1.46 14 350 8338 -30.3 -30.3 100 0.0 -30.3 251 50 327.9 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.88 15 300 9413 -39.4 -39.4 100 -0.0 -39.4 243 49 329.9 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.42 16 250 10634 -49.8 -49.8 99 0.0 -49.8 245 61 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 12065 -54.9 -65.4 26 10.5 -55.1 245 60 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 13895 -58.8 -79.1 6 20.3 -59.0 249 51 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16381 -67.1 -83.4 8 16.3 -67.2 241 36 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.26 m Freezing level: 638.13 mb = 3798.29 m = 12461.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.37 mb = 3433.05 m = 11263.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.76 mb = 1071.32 m = 3514.79 ft T: 16.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.33 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.52 mb = 2353.42 m = 7721.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6430.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.29 mb = 1478.65 m = 4851.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.4 neg: -15.1 tot: 173.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 42.91 m/s