MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 48 SFC 979 230 14.6 12.9 89 1.7 13.5 282 9 289.5 291.2 287.6 316.4 9.56 2 950 481 12.2 11.6 96 0.6 11.9 288 17 289.6 291.2 287.1 315.1 9.06 3 900 933 10.2 8.9 91 1.3 9.5 283 18 292.0 293.4 287.0 314.7 7.95 4 850 1408 8.2 7.2 93 1.0 7.7 258 19 294.8 296.1 287.6 316.6 7.53 5 800 1907 6.1 4.6 90 1.5 5.3 240 20 297.6 298.9 287.8 317.2 6.68 6 750 2434 2.7 1.7 93 1.0 2.2 231 22 299.5 300.6 287.6 316.7 5.79 7 700 2989 -0.1 -5.6 66 5.5 -2.5 227 29 302.4 303.1 286.5 313.4 3.60 8 650 3579 -3.5 -12.2 51 8.8 -6.7 224 35 305.0 305.4 286.1 312.3 2.30 9 600 4206 -8.5 -15.0 59 6.5 -10.6 223 38 306.2 306.6 286.2 312.6 1.98 10 550 4873 -13.9 -17.3 75 3.4 -14.9 218 41 307.6 308.0 286.5 313.4 1.79 11 500 5590 -19.3 -21.5 83 2.2 -19.8 210 44 309.5 309.8 286.8 314.1 1.37 12 450 6365 -24.4 -25.7 89 1.3 -24.6 192 43 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.1 1.05 13 400 7213 -29.9 -39.1 41 9.2 -31.0 191 53 316.1 316.1 287.8 317.2 0.32 14 350 8150 -37.0 -43.6 50 6.6 -37.6 185 53 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.23 15 300 9197 -45.0 -49.8 58 4.8 -45.2 182 49 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.4 0.13 16 250 10396 -51.2 -68.2 11 17.0 -51.5 208 51 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.0 0.02 17 200 11842 -51.9 -74.0 5 22.1 -52.2 231 43 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13704 -52.5 -81.0 2 28.5 -53.0 252 38 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16289 -57.9 -84.3 2 26.4 -58.3 262 38 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5542.04 m Freezing level: 701.40 mb = 2973.27 m = 9754.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.66 mb = 2688.02 m = 8818.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.73 % Est. max temperature: 21.01 C = 69.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.96 mb = 446.20 m = 1463.90 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 4.98 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1020.14 m = 3346.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.57 C = 63.62 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.53 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 29.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.65 mb = 816.52 m = 2678.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.65 mb = 4905.60 m = 16094.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 487.65 mb = 5773.74 m = 18942.47 ft B at Equ Level: 17.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 437.65 mb = 6565.34 m = 21539.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -29.7 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 95.01 m/s