MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 41.73,-88.79 Latitude: 41.73 Longitude: -88.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 228 8.3 2.0 65 6.2 5.3 285 19 282.9 283.7 279.3 295.5 4.51 2 950 497 5.7 1.3 74 4.3 3.7 287 33 282.9 283.7 279.2 295.3 4.43 3 900 936 1.5 0.2 91 1.4 0.9 289 39 283.1 283.8 279.1 295.2 4.30 4 850 1393 -1.9 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.1 295 44 284.1 284.8 279.0 294.8 3.78 5 800 1873 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.2 298 42 285.8 286.3 279.0 294.9 3.17 6 750 2377 -8.2 -8.4 99 0.2 -8.3 302 41 287.7 288.1 279.3 295.6 2.71 7 700 2912 -10.0 -11.6 88 1.6 -10.5 302 43 291.4 291.8 280.5 298.1 2.25 8 650 3479 -13.6 -15.4 86 1.8 -14.1 301 47 293.6 293.9 280.9 299.0 1.78 9 600 4083 -17.3 -19.3 84 2.0 -17.8 302 50 296.1 296.3 281.5 300.4 1.38 10 550 4731 -20.6 -23.0 81 2.4 -21.1 300 55 299.6 299.8 282.6 303.1 1.09 11 500 5429 -25.3 -33.3 47 8.0 -26.4 299 63 302.2 302.3 282.9 303.7 0.46 12 450 6187 -29.4 -44.0 23 14.6 -30.7 299 75 306.2 306.3 284.1 306.9 0.17 13 400 7021 -33.2 -46.6 25 13.3 -34.2 299 88 311.8 311.9 286.2 312.4 0.15 14 350 7951 -37.0 -56.9 11 19.9 -37.9 303 96 318.8 318.9 288.4 319.0 0.05 15 300 9008 -41.1 -62.5 8 21.5 -41.8 303 101 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.6 0.03 16 250 10235 -44.8 -67.9 6 23.1 -45.4 302 95 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.02 17 200 11718 -47.6 -76.3 2 28.7 -48.2 299 78 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 18 150 13594 -53.2 -80.7 2 27.5 -53.7 295 68 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16192 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.6 287 35 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5355.24 m Freezing level: 877.85 mb = 1138.60 m = 3735.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.77 mb = 1072.50 m = 3518.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.95 % Est. max temperature: 10.06 C = 50.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.32 mb = 1004.53 m = 3295.65 ft T: 1.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1136.44 m = 3728.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.89 C = 48.01 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 7.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: 7.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 19.45 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.47 mb = 1075.21 m = 3527.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.47 mb = 1398.40 m = 4587.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.47 mb = 2076.12 m = 6811.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.47 mb = 2382.84 m = 7817.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.9 neg: -4.3 tot: 195.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 55.52 m/s