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: 41.45,-88.39 Latitude: 41.45 Longitude: -88.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 983 197 16.9 14.9 88 2.0 15.6 190 17 291.5 293.4 289.4 322.2 10.87 2 950 491 14.8 14.1 95 0.7 14.4 194 32 292.2 294.1 289.6 322.6 10.70 3 900 947 12.2 12.2 100 0.0 12.2 204 40 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.6 9.95 4 850 1425 9.9 9.8 100 0.0 9.9 225 38 296.5 298.1 289.6 322.6 9.01 5 800 1927 7.2 7.0 99 0.2 7.1 216 34 298.8 300.2 289.3 321.9 7.88 6 750 2457 4.6 4.2 98 0.3 4.4 208 37 301.5 302.8 289.4 322.2 6.93 7 700 3016 1.4 -0.1 90 1.5 0.6 207 41 304.0 305.0 288.9 320.4 5.41 8 650 3610 -1.8 -11.0 50 9.2 -5.4 210 43 306.9 307.4 287.1 315.0 2.55 9 600 4241 -6.2 -25.6 20 19.3 -11.2 219 46 308.9 309.0 285.9 311.6 0.79 10 550 4915 -11.3 -30.7 18 19.5 -15.3 223 54 310.7 310.8 286.2 312.6 0.54 11 500 5637 -17.3 -35.0 20 17.7 -20.3 225 62 312.0 312.1 286.5 313.4 0.39 12 450 6417 -23.5 -38.7 23 15.2 -25.5 225 62 313.7 313.8 287.0 314.8 0.30 13 400 7266 -29.9 -39.1 41 9.2 -30.9 209 58 316.1 316.2 287.9 317.3 0.32 14 350 8203 -36.6 -40.2 69 3.6 -36.9 197 63 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.33 15 300 9255 -43.5 -47.0 68 3.6 -43.7 193 78 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.18 16 250 10458 -52.5 -52.6 99 0.1 -52.5 193 95 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.12 17 200 11881 -54.4 -71.3 11 16.9 -54.6 223 79 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13744 -52.6 -80.9 2 28.3 -53.1 261 59 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16317 -58.4 -84.2 2 25.9 -58.7 274 39 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.90 m Freezing level: 678.46 mb = 3271.92 m = 10734.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.93 mb = 3074.43 m = 10086.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.66 % Est. max temperature: 22.68 C = 72.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.00 mb = 454.76 m = 1491.96 ft T: 15.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 10.61 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 787.08 m = 2582.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.87 C = 65.96 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 27.12 C K Index: 35.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 323.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.61 mb = 728.22 m = 2389.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.61 mb = 1053.25 m = 3455.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 878.61 mb = 1147.92 m = 3766.09 ft B at Equ Level: 12.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.61 mb = 11028.50 m = 36182.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.2 neg: -22.3 tot: 218.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 5.57 Bulk Shear: 58.00 m/s