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: 41.74,-87.84 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -87.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 982 205 17.6 3.2 38 14.4 10.0 194 13 292.2 293.1 284.0 306.4 4.89 2 950 489 16.3 1.4 36 14.9 8.7 203 29 293.7 294.5 284.1 306.8 4.44 3 900 946 12.8 0.9 44 11.9 6.8 215 37 294.7 295.5 284.5 308.0 4.53 4 850 1422 8.8 0.5 56 8.3 4.7 226 40 295.4 296.2 285.0 309.1 4.67 5 800 1920 4.4 -0.1 73 4.5 2.2 235 41 295.8 296.7 285.2 309.8 4.75 6 750 2441 -0.4 -1.1 95 0.7 -0.7 243 42 296.2 297.0 285.4 310.1 4.72 7 700 2990 -4.3 -4.4 99 0.1 -4.3 248 43 297.7 298.5 285.1 309.6 3.95 8 650 3575 -4.2 -6.6 84 2.4 -5.3 249 42 304.2 304.8 287.2 315.2 3.59 9 600 4203 -6.8 -9.4 82 2.6 -7.8 237 53 308.2 308.8 288.1 318.1 3.13 10 550 4879 -9.7 -14.2 70 4.4 -11.3 231 68 312.6 313.0 288.8 320.1 2.32 11 500 5609 -14.8 -18.1 76 3.3 -15.8 232 78 315.0 315.3 289.0 321.0 1.83 12 450 6399 -19.7 -27.7 49 8.0 -21.4 228 85 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.5 0.87 13 400 7264 -24.7 -45.8 12 21.1 -27.1 234 92 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.16 14 350 8222 -31.7 -50.1 14 18.5 -33.1 244 100 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.11 15 300 9293 -39.8 -56.1 16 16.3 -40.6 255 107 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.06 16 250 10514 -47.9 -61.0 21 13.1 -48.3 260 119 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 11956 -55.4 -67.4 21 12.0 -55.6 260 89 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13778 -59.3 -78.0 7 18.7 -59.5 232 65 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16317 -60.7 -84.4 3 23.7 -60.9 240 48 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5556.56 m Freezing level: 753.81 mb = 2401.71 m = 7879.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.78 mb = 2315.55 m = 7596.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.95 % Est. max temperature: 20.86 C = 69.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.29 mb = 2008.59 m = 6589.78 ft T: 3.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.03 C/km ThetaE index: 0.55 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.59 mb = 2660.74 m = 8729.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.14 C = 71.85 F Cap Strength: 8.78 C Lifted Index: 9.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 8.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 15.34 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12539.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.13 mb = 2333.06 m = 7654.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 325.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 325.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 134.65 m/s