MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.47,-88.63 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -88.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 984 198 19.3 3.3 34 16.1 10.8 206 18 293.9 294.8 284.7 308.3 4.93 2 950 494 16.4 1.0 35 15.5 8.6 209 32 293.9 294.6 284.0 306.5 4.32 3 900 950 12.0 -0.2 43 12.2 6.0 211 38 293.8 294.6 283.8 306.1 4.17 4 850 1424 7.5 -1.3 53 8.8 3.3 215 42 294.0 294.7 283.8 306.0 4.08 5 800 1920 4.3 -2.5 62 6.7 1.2 232 49 295.7 296.4 284.4 307.5 3.99 6 750 2444 3.1 -4.2 59 7.3 -0.2 229 49 300.0 300.6 285.8 311.2 3.73 7 700 3003 2.3 -4.9 59 7.2 -0.9 222 56 305.1 305.8 287.7 316.8 3.81 8 650 3599 -0.5 -7.3 60 6.8 -3.4 222 62 308.4 309.1 288.5 319.1 3.40 9 600 4236 -2.9 -14.1 42 11.2 -7.0 227 62 312.8 313.2 288.6 319.7 2.13 10 550 4920 -7.1 -17.8 42 10.7 -10.6 229 60 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.3 1.71 11 500 5655 -12.6 -24.9 35 12.3 -15.7 233 63 317.7 317.9 289.1 321.2 1.01 12 450 6452 -17.3 -28.8 36 11.5 -19.8 236 69 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.3 0.78 13 400 7322 -24.0 -39.3 23 15.3 -26.1 241 75 323.8 323.8 290.3 324.9 0.31 14 350 8282 -31.5 -47.1 20 15.6 -32.9 253 86 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.16 15 300 9351 -40.8 -51.3 32 10.4 -41.4 253 91 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.11 16 250 10565 -50.0 -60.1 30 10.1 -50.3 265 107 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 17 200 11998 -56.6 -66.2 29 9.6 -56.8 265 94 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 13811 -59.6 -77.4 8 17.8 -59.7 239 65 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16335 -62.6 -84.3 4 21.7 -62.9 238 56 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.29 m Freezing level: 658.67 mb = 3495.58 m = 11468.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.79 mb = 2381.57 m = 7813.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.19 % Est. max temperature: 19.99 C = 67.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.59 mb = 2192.78 m = 7194.08 ft T: 3.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 2.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.09 mb = 4735.04 m = 15534.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.21 C = 104.38 F Cap Strength: 11.78 C Lifted Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.13 C Showalter Index: 12.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.05 C Cross Totals Index: 11.22 C K Index: 11.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 211.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12447.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.67 mb = 2404.29 m = 7888.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.7 neg: -6.8 tot: 288.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.00 Bulk Shear: 99.06 m/s