MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.89,-88.19 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 978 231 15.7 14.1 90 1.7 14.7 170 12 290.7 292.6 288.8 320.0 10.37 2 950 476 14.2 13.3 95 0.9 13.6 173 25 291.6 293.4 288.8 320.3 10.15 3 900 931 12.0 11.9 99 0.1 11.9 197 36 293.9 295.6 289.3 321.8 9.74 4 850 1410 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 208 36 296.8 298.4 289.7 323.0 9.04 5 800 1913 7.5 7.0 96 0.5 7.2 207 30 299.1 300.5 289.4 322.2 7.85 6 750 2442 4.4 3.8 96 0.6 4.1 214 29 301.3 302.6 289.2 321.4 6.72 7 700 3002 1.2 0.5 95 0.8 0.8 216 32 303.9 304.9 289.0 321.0 5.66 8 650 3594 -2.5 -5.6 79 3.1 -3.8 207 35 306.2 306.9 288.1 318.2 3.87 9 600 4224 -7.3 -8.7 90 1.4 -7.8 199 32 307.7 308.3 288.1 318.1 3.31 10 550 4897 -11.4 -12.2 94 0.8 -11.7 198 32 310.5 311.0 288.5 319.2 2.72 11 500 5622 -15.8 -16.7 93 0.9 -16.1 206 31 313.8 314.2 288.9 320.6 2.07 12 450 6408 -21.3 -21.7 97 0.3 -21.4 218 36 316.4 316.7 289.2 321.5 1.50 13 400 7265 -27.9 -28.1 98 0.2 -27.9 215 40 318.8 318.9 289.4 322.1 0.95 14 350 8209 -35.6 -35.6 100 -0.0 -35.6 210 44 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.6 0.53 15 300 9261 -44.5 -44.5 100 -0.0 -44.6 214 44 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.24 16 250 10454 -54.8 -54.9 99 0.1 -54.8 216 44 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.09 17 200 11865 -55.7 -71.0 13 15.3 -55.9 231 63 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 18 150 13711 -54.0 -80.7 2 26.7 -54.4 256 44 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16278 -58.3 -84.4 2 26.0 -58.7 264 39 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.21 m Freezing level: 683.26 mb = 3200.29 m = 10499.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.04 mb = 3104.92 m = 10186.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.80 % Est. max temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.04 mb = 439.98 m = 1443.47 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 4.95 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 869.43 m = 2852.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.53 C = 65.35 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.08 mb = 763.84 m = 2506.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.08 mb = 3678.69 m = 12069.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 493.08 mb = 5726.27 m = 18786.74 ft B at Equ Level: 53.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 343.08 mb = 8345.69 m = 27380.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.4 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 234.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.6 neg: -20.9 tot: 197.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.74 Bulk Shear: 31.19 m/s