MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.37,-88.32 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -88.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 985 199 15.2 -0.3 35 15.5 7.8 299 14 289.6 290.3 281.5 300.6 3.79 2 950 506 11.7 -3.3 35 15.1 5.1 302 25 289.1 289.7 280.6 298.3 3.14 3 900 955 7.3 -4.6 43 11.9 2.2 304 29 289.0 289.5 280.4 297.8 3.01 4 850 1421 2.8 -5.7 54 8.4 -0.6 305 31 289.0 289.6 280.3 297.6 2.95 5 800 1907 -1.9 -6.6 70 4.7 -3.7 305 31 289.1 289.6 280.3 297.6 2.91 6 750 2416 -5.9 -9.6 75 3.6 -7.2 311 32 290.1 290.6 280.2 297.4 2.46 7 700 2956 -6.6 -26.4 19 19.8 -11.1 320 34 295.2 295.3 280.1 297.2 0.63 8 650 3531 -10.3 -36.7 9 26.4 -14.6 320 33 297.4 297.4 280.6 298.2 0.25 9 600 4141 -15.1 -34.0 18 18.8 -18.1 319 33 298.6 298.7 281.3 299.8 0.36 10 550 4793 -19.3 -28.7 43 9.4 -21.0 312 30 301.2 301.3 282.7 303.4 0.65 11 500 5494 -24.4 -32.9 45 8.5 -25.6 313 29 303.2 303.3 283.3 304.9 0.48 12 450 6254 -29.0 -44.3 21 15.3 -30.3 318 40 306.8 306.8 284.3 307.4 0.17 13 400 7090 -32.3 -51.5 13 19.2 -33.6 321 54 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.3 0.08 14 350 8024 -35.6 -59.1 7 23.5 -36.7 322 54 320.8 320.8 289.0 320.9 0.04 15 300 9092 -37.8 -63.2 5 25.4 -38.9 317 53 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.03 16 250 10343 -39.3 -71.7 2 32.4 -40.4 307 39 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 17 200 11862 -42.6 -74.1 2 31.5 -43.6 287 43 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 18 150 13770 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 285 35 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16362 -58.9 -84.6 2 25.8 -59.2 269 30 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5419.42 m Freezing level: 820.52 mb = 1707.45 m = 5601.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.88 mb = 1316.98 m = 4320.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.66 % Est. max temperature: 14.70 C = 58.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.10 mb = 2115.80 m = 6941.52 ft T: -3.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.84 mb = 3069.30 m = 10069.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.21 C = 70.18 F Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lifted Index: 5.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.69 C Showalter Index: 6.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.79 C K Index: 1.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15338.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.97 mb = 2342.94 m = 7686.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.6 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 342.6 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 107.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 13.48 m/s