MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.27,-87.29 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -87.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 983 209 16.3 15.1 92 1.2 15.5 198 12 290.9 292.8 289.3 322.0 11.02 2 950 503 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 204 25 291.8 293.7 289.5 322.3 10.77 3 900 958 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 223 32 293.7 295.4 289.1 321.1 9.58 4 850 1435 9.4 8.6 95 0.8 9.0 234 30 296.0 297.5 288.8 320.1 8.29 5 800 1937 7.4 7.0 98 0.3 7.2 221 33 299.0 300.4 289.4 322.2 7.90 6 750 2467 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.1 213 37 301.2 302.4 289.2 321.4 6.78 7 700 3026 1.1 -3.3 72 4.4 -0.9 212 39 303.7 304.5 287.7 316.8 4.29 8 650 3618 -1.8 -27.9 12 26.2 -8.4 224 40 307.0 307.1 284.9 309.0 0.59 9 600 4249 -6.1 -33.9 9 27.8 -11.9 234 40 309.0 309.1 285.4 310.3 0.36 10 550 4923 -11.7 -32.4 16 20.7 -15.8 236 44 310.2 310.3 285.9 311.8 0.46 11 500 5645 -17.2 -33.8 22 16.6 -20.1 232 47 312.1 312.1 286.6 313.6 0.44 12 450 6424 -23.7 -34.2 37 10.6 -25.2 226 47 313.5 313.6 287.1 315.2 0.47 13 400 7272 -30.9 -37.3 53 6.4 -31.6 219 51 314.9 314.9 287.5 316.3 0.39 14 350 8204 -38.5 -42.2 68 3.7 -38.8 212 59 316.9 316.9 288.1 317.8 0.27 15 300 9249 -44.4 -52.6 40 8.2 -44.7 204 75 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.2 0.10 16 250 10454 -50.4 -59.5 33 9.1 -50.6 203 84 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.05 17 200 11888 -55.5 -69.6 16 14.2 -55.7 225 75 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13743 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 265 57 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16328 -58.6 -84.2 2 25.5 -59.0 275 31 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.68 m Freezing level: 680.53 mb = 3256.47 m = 10683.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.21 mb = 2919.78 m = 9579.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.71 % Est. max temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.65 mb = 363.71 m = 1193.27 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.23 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 741.61 m = 2433.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.23 C = 64.82 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 30.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 354.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.32 mb = 706.22 m = 2316.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.32 mb = 936.61 m = 3072.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 832.32 mb = 1609.36 m = 5280.00 ft B at Equ Level: 15.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.32 mb = 10925.30 m = 35843.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 157.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 7.51 Bulk Shear: 47.16 m/s