MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 49 SFC 979 231 17.6 9.9 61 7.6 13.0 282 10 292.5 293.9 287.1 315.0 7.85 2 950 485 14.2 8.5 69 5.7 10.9 282 17 291.6 292.9 286.2 312.6 7.35 3 900 939 9.9 7.5 85 2.5 8.6 280 17 291.7 293.0 286.2 312.4 7.23 4 850 1411 6.4 4.1 86 2.2 5.2 272 19 292.8 293.9 285.4 310.3 6.05 5 800 1908 5.6 -8.1 36 13.7 -0.0 262 28 297.1 297.6 283.4 304.9 2.58 6 750 2431 1.2 -11.7 38 12.9 -3.6 259 29 297.8 298.2 283.1 304.2 2.08 7 700 2981 -3.5 -13.5 46 10.0 -6.9 250 33 298.6 298.9 283.2 304.5 1.92 8 650 3563 -6.3 -27.5 17 21.2 -11.2 233 44 301.9 302.0 283.0 303.9 0.62 9 600 4186 -8.9 -38.0 7 29.0 -14.0 220 50 305.8 305.8 284.0 306.6 0.24 10 550 4852 -14.2 -39.1 10 24.9 -18.0 224 48 307.2 307.2 284.6 308.0 0.23 11 500 5566 -20.5 -32.4 34 11.9 -22.4 220 53 308.1 308.2 285.2 309.8 0.50 12 450 6336 -26.4 -36.6 38 10.2 -27.7 211 54 310.1 310.1 285.8 311.3 0.37 13 400 7178 -30.5 -56.8 6 26.3 -32.1 205 54 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.5 0.04 14 350 8115 -37.0 -62.1 6 25.2 -38.0 206 48 318.9 318.9 288.4 319.0 0.03 15 300 9165 -43.7 -65.6 7 21.8 -44.3 212 47 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.8 0.02 16 250 10374 -48.2 -66.7 10 18.5 -48.6 235 56 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 17 200 11833 -50.6 -73.4 5 22.9 -51.0 242 60 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13705 -52.3 -80.9 2 28.6 -52.8 260 48 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16297 -57.5 -84.4 2 26.9 -57.9 246 41 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5516.42 m Freezing level: 737.58 mb = 2567.83 m = 8424.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 800.37 mb = 1904.29 m = 6247.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.79 % Est. max temperature: 19.64 C = 67.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.39 mb = 1186.45 m = 3892.52 ft T: 8.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 10.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1336.99 m = 4386.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.73 C = 63.91 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 20.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.88 mb = 1238.76 m = 4064.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.88 mb = 2724.79 m = 8939.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.88 mb = 3527.94 m = 11574.45 ft B at Equ Level: 11.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 612.88 mb = 4020.39 m = 13190.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -14.7 tot: -7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 112.86 m/s