MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.00,-87.60 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -87.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 985 202 16.7 14.8 89 1.8 15.5 180 16 291.1 293.0 289.3 321.7 10.84 2 950 507 14.5 14.1 97 0.4 14.2 186 31 291.9 293.8 289.4 322.1 10.67 3 900 963 12.3 12.3 100 -0.0 12.3 203 42 294.2 296.0 289.7 323.1 10.06 4 850 1442 10.5 9.8 95 0.7 10.0 217 42 297.1 298.7 289.7 323.2 8.96 5 800 1946 7.8 6.4 91 1.4 7.1 213 38 299.5 300.9 289.3 321.8 7.57 6 750 2476 4.7 3.5 92 1.1 4.1 213 35 301.6 302.8 289.2 321.3 6.59 7 700 3036 1.7 0.7 93 1.0 1.2 217 38 304.4 305.4 289.3 321.8 5.76 8 650 3631 -1.2 -7.5 62 6.3 -3.8 223 36 307.6 308.3 288.1 318.1 3.35 9 600 4264 -5.4 -17.0 40 11.6 -9.2 233 37 309.9 310.2 287.2 315.4 1.69 10 550 4940 -10.9 -25.2 30 14.4 -14.4 239 41 311.2 311.4 286.8 314.2 0.89 11 500 5664 -16.1 -29.7 30 13.6 -18.9 236 44 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.6 0.65 12 450 6448 -22.2 -33.6 35 11.4 -24.1 230 44 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.0 0.50 13 400 7301 -28.9 -31.5 78 2.6 -29.3 218 49 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.8 0.68 14 350 8244 -35.1 -35.2 99 0.1 -35.1 201 51 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.4 0.54 15 300 9299 -43.4 -43.3 100 -0.0 -43.3 193 60 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.3 0.28 16 250 10499 -53.4 -53.4 100 0.0 -53.4 204 83 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.11 17 200 11912 -55.7 -67.8 21 12.1 -55.9 227 92 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13763 -53.7 -80.4 2 26.7 -54.1 258 60 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16324 -59.0 -84.3 2 25.3 -59.3 270 35 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.58 m Freezing level: 670.42 mb = 3387.75 m = 11114.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.18 mb = 3172.65 m = 10408.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.67 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.77 mb = 429.18 m = 1408.05 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 1.86 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 771.53 m = 2531.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.79 C = 65.82 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 35.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.98 mb = 714.25 m = 2343.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.98 mb = 4500.92 m = 14766.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.98 mb = 8006.07 m = 26266.32 ft B at Equ Level: 150.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.98 mb = 10190.72 m = 33433.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.2 neg: -38.1 tot: 278.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 66.80 m/s