MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.45,-87.28 Latitude: 41.45 Longitude: -87.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 982 213 16.4 13.0 81 3.3 14.3 200 8 291.1 292.8 288.2 318.3 9.63 2 950 491 17.2 12.5 74 4.7 14.3 221 26 294.6 296.3 289.5 322.3 9.62 3 900 954 16.8 12.4 75 4.5 14.0 241 32 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.3 10.09 4 850 1440 14.0 10.8 81 3.2 12.0 236 30 300.9 302.6 291.5 329.2 9.62 5 800 1950 11.3 8.5 83 2.9 9.6 231 26 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.3 8.73 6 750 2487 8.6 5.1 79 3.5 6.6 239 27 305.9 307.3 291.2 328.3 7.38 7 700 3055 5.3 0.1 69 5.2 2.6 241 34 308.3 309.4 290.4 325.3 5.52 8 650 3656 1.0 -5.9 60 6.9 -2.1 240 39 310.1 310.8 289.4 322.1 3.80 9 600 4294 -3.6 -10.4 59 6.8 -6.3 242 42 311.9 312.5 289.1 321.2 2.89 10 550 4976 -7.9 -14.2 60 6.3 -10.2 241 46 314.7 315.1 289.5 322.2 2.31 11 500 5711 -12.1 -19.4 55 7.3 -14.3 241 50 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.9 1.65 12 450 6508 -17.4 -21.9 68 4.4 -18.7 245 53 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.4 1.47 13 400 7380 -23.5 -24.0 96 0.5 -23.7 248 53 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.2 1.37 14 350 8342 -30.6 -31.1 95 0.5 -30.7 253 53 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.5 0.82 15 300 9417 -39.6 -40.2 94 0.6 -39.6 254 56 329.6 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.38 16 250 10634 -50.5 -50.9 95 0.4 -50.5 247 54 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.14 17 200 12066 -54.2 -67.8 17 13.6 -54.5 251 61 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13904 -57.8 -79.7 5 21.9 -58.0 253 59 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16395 -67.7 -83.3 9 15.6 -67.8 241 38 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.05 m Freezing level: 639.08 mb = 3795.26 m = 12451.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.63 mb = 3378.37 m = 11083.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.00 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.85 mb = 637.90 m = 2092.82 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.19 mb = 2298.32 m = 7540.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 31.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6984.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.99 mb = 1222.49 m = 4010.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.9 neg: -29.8 tot: 166.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 38.65 m/s