MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.93,-88.01 Latitude: 41.93 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 51 SFC 980 220 12.6 3.2 53 9.4 7.9 306 10 287.4 288.3 281.9 301.4 4.90 2 950 480 9.8 1.5 56 8.3 5.8 311 23 287.1 287.9 281.3 299.9 4.48 3 900 926 5.5 0.2 69 5.3 3.0 313 28 287.2 287.9 281.1 299.5 4.30 4 850 1390 1.3 -1.3 82 2.7 0.1 317 30 287.6 288.3 281.0 299.2 4.08 5 800 1876 0.4 -14.6 31 15.0 -4.4 332 34 291.6 291.8 279.7 296.3 1.54 6 750 2390 -2.6 -15.6 36 13.0 -6.7 329 31 293.7 294.0 280.6 298.3 1.51 7 700 2934 -5.9 -7.7 88 1.7 -6.6 307 25 295.9 296.5 283.4 305.1 3.07 8 650 3511 -9.1 -10.1 92 1.0 -9.5 287 24 298.7 299.2 284.2 307.0 2.73 9 600 4127 -12.2 -13.6 90 1.4 -12.7 269 22 301.9 302.4 284.9 308.9 2.23 10 550 4787 -16.1 -19.0 78 2.9 -16.9 244 21 305.0 305.3 285.3 310.0 1.55 11 500 5498 -20.9 -29.2 47 8.3 -22.4 237 33 307.6 307.7 285.3 309.9 0.69 12 450 6269 -26.1 -27.0 92 0.9 -26.3 221 39 310.4 310.6 286.6 313.5 0.93 13 400 7109 -32.5 -32.8 97 0.3 -32.6 197 41 312.7 312.8 287.0 314.8 0.60 14 350 8040 -35.7 -60.1 6 24.4 -36.9 255 34 320.5 320.6 288.9 320.7 0.03 15 300 9110 -36.5 -67.9 2 31.4 -37.7 261 30 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.0 0.01 16 250 10365 -39.3 -71.7 2 32.4 -40.5 235 34 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 17 200 11879 -43.8 -75.0 2 31.2 -44.7 248 32 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 18 150 13781 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 233 38 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16357 -59.3 -84.8 2 25.4 -59.7 256 21 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5446.77 m Freezing level: 793.54 mb = 1942.46 m = 6372.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 848.50 mb = 1403.81 m = 4605.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.09 % Est. max temperature: 14.31 C = 57.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.68 mb = 1392.70 m = 4569.16 ft T: 1.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 5.09 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.58 mb = 2205.68 m = 7236.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.12 C = 64.61 F Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lifted Index: 8.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 8.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 19.18 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15588.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.74 mb = 1534.99 m = 5036.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.2 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 315.2 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -25.7 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 20.91 m/s