MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.87,-87.85 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -87.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 980 208 22.4 14.8 62 7.6 17.4 221 10 297.3 299.2 291.3 328.7 10.83 2 950 472 20.0 14.0 68 6.1 16.1 225 17 297.5 299.4 291.2 328.3 10.60 3 900 936 15.6 13.0 85 2.6 14.0 226 18 297.6 299.5 291.2 328.2 10.55 4 850 1418 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.6 228 20 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.0 10.12 5 800 1924 9.3 8.4 94 1.0 8.8 233 26 301.1 302.7 290.7 326.7 8.66 6 750 2458 6.4 5.8 96 0.6 6.1 237 31 303.5 305.0 290.7 326.7 7.71 7 700 3021 3.0 -2.4 68 5.4 0.4 238 32 305.8 306.6 288.7 319.8 4.57 8 650 3617 -0.5 -14.9 33 14.4 -5.7 241 34 308.4 308.7 286.9 314.3 1.85 9 600 4253 -4.0 -19.7 28 15.7 -8.9 245 39 311.5 311.7 287.4 315.9 1.33 10 550 4934 -7.7 -24.8 24 17.0 -12.3 247 45 314.9 315.1 288.1 318.1 0.93 11 500 5668 -12.5 -27.6 27 15.0 -16.1 249 51 317.7 317.9 288.9 320.5 0.80 12 450 6465 -17.3 -28.4 38 11.1 -19.7 242 54 321.5 321.6 290.1 324.4 0.82 13 400 7336 -23.7 -31.3 50 7.5 -25.1 243 64 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.70 14 350 8298 -30.4 -35.8 59 5.4 -31.2 246 82 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.51 15 300 9374 -38.6 -39.1 95 0.5 -38.7 239 92 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.43 16 250 10602 -47.8 -48.5 93 0.7 -47.9 234 105 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.19 17 200 12039 -57.4 -63.1 48 5.7 -57.6 241 102 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 13856 -58.8 -78.7 6 19.9 -59.0 252 62 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16370 -63.9 -84.0 5 20.2 -64.0 253 43 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.30 m Freezing level: 657.43 mb = 3528.80 m = 11577.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.92 mb = 3056.71 m = 10028.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.23 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.37 mb = 1169.95 m = 3838.37 ft T: 13.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.71 mb = 1341.95 m = 4402.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.43 C = 74.18 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 30.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.69 mb = 1244.29 m = 4082.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.69 mb = 2000.23 m = 6562.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.69 mb = 6254.38 m = 20519.36 ft B at Equ Level: 87.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.69 mb = 8865.25 m = 29085.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 112.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.66 Bulk Shear: 52.73 m/s