MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.74,-88.55 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -88.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 976 230 23.1 15.2 61 7.8 17.9 211 11 298.3 300.3 291.9 330.9 11.20 2 950 464 20.6 14.2 66 6.5 16.4 213 17 298.1 300.1 291.5 329.4 10.74 3 900 929 16.2 13.1 82 3.2 14.2 215 19 298.2 300.2 291.5 329.0 10.57 4 850 1412 12.1 11.7 98 0.3 11.9 218 20 298.8 300.7 291.3 328.7 10.24 5 800 1919 9.4 9.0 97 0.5 9.2 230 25 301.2 302.9 291.1 327.9 9.03 6 750 2453 7.1 5.5 89 1.7 6.2 233 27 304.3 305.7 290.9 327.0 7.55 7 700 3018 3.6 1.4 86 2.1 2.4 229 30 306.4 307.6 290.3 325.0 6.07 8 650 3616 -0.5 -2.7 85 2.1 -1.6 232 33 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.3 4.83 9 600 4251 -4.9 -13.5 51 8.7 -8.0 236 36 310.5 310.9 288.0 317.7 2.24 10 550 4930 -8.5 -19.6 40 11.1 -11.9 240 43 314.0 314.3 288.3 318.9 1.47 11 500 5663 -12.6 -22.7 42 10.1 -15.3 244 50 317.7 318.0 289.3 321.9 1.23 12 450 6460 -17.3 -24.8 52 7.5 -19.2 238 57 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4 1.13 13 400 7331 -24.0 -24.5 96 0.5 -24.1 246 67 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.4 1.32 14 350 8292 -30.8 -30.8 100 -0.0 -30.8 246 74 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.2 0.84 15 300 9367 -39.1 -39.1 100 -0.0 -39.1 235 77 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.9 0.43 16 250 10593 -47.7 -48.0 96 0.3 -47.7 225 107 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.20 17 200 12032 -56.1 -64.3 35 8.3 -56.2 246 100 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13857 -58.5 -78.8 6 20.3 -58.7 252 56 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16370 -63.9 -84.0 5 20.2 -64.1 253 43 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.53 m Freezing level: 656.60 mb = 3537.04 m = 11604.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.60 mb = 3376.27 m = 11076.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.45 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.69 mb = 1218.63 m = 3998.07 ft T: 13.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 13.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1365.84 m = 4481.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.54 C = 74.36 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.27 mb = 1300.89 m = 4267.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.27 mb = 1449.08 m = 4754.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.27 mb = 2275.53 m = 7465.55 ft B at Equ Level: 4.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.27 mb = 10425.98 m = 34205.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 46.59 m/s