MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.20,-88.78 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -88.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 982 206 17.6 5.0 43 12.6 10.7 204 12 292.2 293.2 284.7 308.3 5.56 2 950 487 17.2 3.6 40 13.6 10.0 217 27 294.7 295.6 285.3 309.9 5.23 3 900 946 14.0 2.3 45 11.7 7.9 235 34 296.0 296.9 285.6 310.8 5.02 4 850 1424 9.7 1.1 55 8.7 5.4 243 37 296.3 297.2 285.5 310.7 4.86 5 800 1923 4.9 -0.1 70 5.0 2.5 246 38 296.4 297.2 285.5 310.4 4.74 6 750 2445 -0.1 -1.4 91 1.3 -0.7 248 39 296.5 297.3 285.4 310.1 4.61 7 700 2994 -3.4 -4.0 95 0.7 -3.7 250 37 298.8 299.5 285.7 310.9 4.05 8 650 3581 -4.0 -11.3 57 7.3 -6.7 254 44 304.5 304.9 286.1 312.3 2.49 9 600 4208 -8.0 -10.1 85 2.1 -8.8 247 56 306.9 307.4 287.5 316.2 2.97 10 550 4882 -10.0 -13.8 74 3.8 -11.3 239 78 312.2 312.7 288.8 320.0 2.40 11 500 5611 -13.7 -21.2 53 7.5 -15.8 233 86 316.4 316.6 289.1 321.1 1.41 12 450 6405 -18.3 -35.7 20 17.4 -21.2 233 89 320.3 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.41 13 400 7275 -23.6 -49.3 8 25.7 -26.3 245 96 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.11 14 350 8236 -31.1 -49.1 15 18.0 -32.6 252 104 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.13 15 300 9309 -39.6 -53.8 21 14.2 -40.4 258 114 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.08 16 250 10532 -47.9 -60.0 24 12.1 -48.3 261 123 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 11971 -56.1 -66.5 26 10.4 -56.3 265 99 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13791 -59.2 -78.1 7 19.0 -59.4 242 58 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16323 -60.4 -84.5 3 24.1 -60.6 242 50 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.13 m Freezing level: 751.02 mb = 2434.69 m = 7987.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.80 mb = 2329.75 m = 7643.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.48 % Est. max temperature: 21.65 C = 70.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.15 mb = 1789.18 m = 5869.95 ft T: 6.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.94 C/km ThetaE index: 0.65 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.61 mb = 2406.50 m = 7895.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.76 C = 71.17 F Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lifted Index: 8.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: 8.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 14.72 C K Index: 23.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11533.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.86 mb = 2223.54 m = 7294.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.7 neg: -4.6 tot: 226.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 131.77 m/s