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: 41.66,-88.66 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -88.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 219 16.6 14.7 89 1.9 15.4 196 17 291.4 293.3 289.3 321.8 10.76 2 950 485 14.7 13.9 95 0.8 14.2 199 31 292.1 294.0 289.4 322.1 10.56 3 900 941 11.9 11.9 100 0.1 11.9 208 39 293.8 295.5 289.3 321.7 9.74 4 850 1419 9.5 9.1 97 0.4 9.3 225 38 296.1 297.7 289.0 320.9 8.56 5 800 1920 6.8 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 220 34 298.4 299.7 288.9 320.6 7.59 6 750 2449 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.1 210 38 301.2 302.4 289.2 321.3 6.78 7 700 3008 1.0 -0.9 87 1.9 0.1 206 42 303.6 304.5 288.5 319.1 5.13 8 650 3600 -2.4 -12.0 48 9.6 -6.0 206 46 306.3 306.7 286.6 313.7 2.34 9 600 4230 -6.9 -24.4 23 17.5 -11.5 210 48 308.2 308.3 285.7 311.1 0.89 10 550 4902 -11.9 -29.4 22 17.5 -15.6 214 54 310.0 310.1 286.1 312.1 0.61 11 500 5623 -17.5 -35.8 19 18.4 -20.4 220 64 311.8 311.8 286.4 313.0 0.36 12 450 6402 -23.6 -39.1 23 15.5 -25.6 221 67 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.6 0.29 13 400 7251 -30.1 -41.1 33 11.0 -31.2 207 63 315.9 316.0 287.7 316.9 0.26 14 350 8188 -36.6 -42.3 55 5.7 -37.1 196 68 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.26 15 300 9239 -43.5 -48.5 58 5.0 -43.8 191 76 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.16 16 250 10443 -51.7 -54.4 73 2.6 -51.8 194 92 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 17 200 11872 -54.0 -71.6 10 17.6 -54.3 222 74 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13735 -52.4 -80.8 2 28.4 -52.9 259 55 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16314 -58.1 -84.2 2 26.0 -58.5 272 40 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.52 m Freezing level: 685.54 mb = 3178.87 m = 10429.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.36 mb = 3014.87 m = 9891.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.57 % Est. max temperature: 22.14 C = 71.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.17 mb = 456.95 m = 1499.15 ft T: 14.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 10.20 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.65 mb = 805.04 m = 2641.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.47 C = 65.24 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.55 C K Index: 34.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 314.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.54 mb = 750.90 m = 2463.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.54 mb = 982.67 m = 3223.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 335.54 mb = 8475.62 m = 27806.81 ft B at Equ Level: 312.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.54 mb = 10824.36 m = 35512.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 45.6 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.3 neg: -17.4 tot: 180.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 6.37 Bulk Shear: 49.35 m/s