MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509190600F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509190600F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 41.9,-88.1 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 981 226 19.8 10.5 55 9.3 14.2 228 4 294.6 296.0 288.1 318.0 8.13 2 950 507 22.3 9.2 43 13.1 14.3 242 15 299.8 301.2 289.5 322.5 7.70 3 900 974 18.7 8.6 52 10.1 12.6 256 21 300.8 302.2 289.9 323.9 7.81 4 850 1461 14.6 8.0 65 6.6 10.7 270 28 301.4 302.9 290.3 325.0 7.94 5 800 1971 10.7 2.6 57 8.1 6.3 286 27 302.6 303.6 288.7 319.9 5.76 6 750 2505 7.2 -6.1 38 13.3 1.2 300 22 304.3 304.9 286.9 314.3 3.23 7 700 3068 4.1 -15.7 22 19.8 -3.1 314 22 307.0 307.3 286.1 312.2 1.61 8 650 3667 0.6 -15.3 29 15.9 -5.1 321 23 309.6 309.9 287.2 315.4 1.78 9 600 4304 -3.6 -17.3 34 13.7 -8.2 314 25 312.0 312.3 287.9 317.4 1.64 10 550 4985 -8.1 -19.5 39 11.5 -11.6 302 25 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.5 1.48 11 500 5719 -12.8 -18.5 62 5.7 -14.6 292 30 317.4 317.8 289.8 323.4 1.78 12 450 6515 -17.7 -18.7 92 1.0 -18.0 295 33 321.0 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.94 13 400 7385 -23.9 -26.2 81 2.4 -24.4 293 36 324.0 324.2 291.1 327.9 1.12 14 350 8346 -31.3 -35.6 66 4.3 -31.9 289 38 326.5 326.7 291.3 328.5 0.53 15 300 9418 -40.2 -46.2 52 6.1 -40.6 287 37 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.20 16 250 10634 -49.8 -57.6 39 7.8 -50.0 289 36 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.06 17 200 12069 -55.2 -66.4 24 11.1 -55.4 298 43 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 13902 -56.8 -79.4 4 22.6 -57.1 300 36 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16467 -58.4 -84.2 2 25.7 -58.7 309 22 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.91 m Freezing level: 643.23 mb = 3753.06 m = 12313.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.07 mb = 2657.99 m = 8720.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.21 mb = 1419.22 m = 4656.19 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.90 mb = 2828.15 m = 9278.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 15.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7094.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.04 mb = 2084.87 m = 6840.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 49.06 m/s