MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.47,-88.86 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -88.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 978 205 18.2 17.2 94 1.0 17.5 199 7 293.2 295.5 291.6 329.5 12.73 2 950 450 17.2 16.1 93 1.1 16.4 205 15 294.6 296.8 291.6 329.4 12.17 3 900 910 14.6 13.9 95 0.7 14.1 212 18 296.6 298.6 291.4 328.8 11.15 4 850 1393 12.3 11.2 93 1.1 11.6 221 17 299.0 300.8 291.2 328.0 9.90 5 800 1899 9.4 8.2 92 1.2 8.7 227 17 301.1 302.7 290.7 326.5 8.55 6 750 2432 6.0 5.0 93 1.0 5.4 229 18 303.1 304.4 290.2 324.9 7.29 7 700 2994 2.2 1.6 96 0.6 1.8 226 17 304.9 306.0 289.8 323.5 6.14 8 650 3589 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 221 16 307.9 309.0 290.2 324.6 5.39 9 600 4226 -3.4 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.6 213 17 312.2 313.1 291.0 327.4 4.84 10 550 4910 -6.5 -7.0 97 0.4 -6.7 198 19 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.6 4.12 11 500 5649 -10.6 -11.1 96 0.5 -10.8 193 24 320.1 320.8 292.0 330.9 3.28 12 450 6452 -15.6 -15.8 98 0.2 -15.7 195 35 323.6 324.1 292.3 332.0 2.48 13 400 7330 -21.5 -21.5 100 0.0 -21.5 202 47 327.0 327.4 292.5 333.0 1.71 14 350 8301 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -28.0 202 70 331.0 331.2 293.0 334.9 1.09 15 300 9388 -36.6 -36.6 100 -0.0 -36.6 204 74 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.8 0.55 16 250 10623 -47.3 -47.3 100 0.0 -47.3 202 75 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 17 200 12057 -59.3 -59.4 99 0.1 -59.3 217 96 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.06 18 150 13869 -59.8 -78.4 7 18.7 -60.0 258 54 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16385 -63.3 -84.1 4 20.8 -63.4 250 30 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.58 m Freezing level: 664.66 mb = 3414.72 m = 11203.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.02 mb = 3369.61 m = 11055.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.30 % Est. max temperature: 24.86 C = 76.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.93 mb = 325.10 m = 1066.60 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 5.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 917.55 m = 3010.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.54 C = 70.78 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.15 mb = 777.37 m = 2550.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.15 mb = 1701.59 m = 5582.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.15 mb = 4640.75 m = 15225.36 ft B at Equ Level: 120.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.15 mb = 7345.27 m = 24098.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 31.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 33.42 Bulk Shear: 3.60 m/s