MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.9,-88.6 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 989 214 12.7 12.1 96 0.6 12.3 331 6 286.7 288.3 285.9 311.7 9.00 2 950 558 13.9 11.9 88 1.9 12.7 356 14 291.3 292.9 287.9 317.5 9.26 3 900 1013 11.5 8.9 84 2.6 10.0 358 15 293.4 294.8 287.5 316.2 7.96 4 850 1489 8.9 5.4 79 3.5 7.0 359 15 295.4 296.6 287.0 314.7 6.62 5 800 1990 8.4 -0.3 54 8.7 4.1 347 15 300.1 301.0 286.8 314.2 4.68 6 750 2523 7.2 -6.3 38 13.4 1.1 338 16 304.3 304.9 286.8 314.2 3.19 7 700 3087 4.2 -9.7 36 13.9 -1.5 343 16 307.2 307.7 287.2 315.5 2.62 8 650 3686 1.2 -18.1 22 19.3 -5.4 352 15 310.3 310.6 287.1 315.0 1.41 9 600 4324 -3.0 -24.9 17 21.8 -9.1 352 14 312.6 312.8 287.2 315.5 0.85 10 550 5007 -7.2 -33.5 10 26.4 -12.9 350 15 315.6 315.6 287.8 317.0 0.41 11 500 5742 -12.3 -38.9 9 26.6 -17.0 344 17 318.0 318.1 288.4 319.0 0.26 12 450 6536 -19.1 -39.7 14 20.6 -22.1 342 14 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.27 13 400 7400 -26.2 -44.4 16 18.3 -28.2 328 14 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.18 14 350 8351 -33.4 -48.2 21 14.8 -34.6 315 17 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.3 0.14 15 300 9417 -40.0 -53.2 23 13.2 -40.8 297 15 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.09 16 250 10649 -44.2 -63.8 10 19.5 -44.9 352 25 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12128 -49.4 -71.4 6 22.0 -49.9 304 12 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13983 -56.0 -78.7 4 22.7 -56.3 271 19 373.6 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.01 19 100 16519 -63.2 -83.6 5 20.5 -63.4 266 24 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.43 m Freezing level: 635.92 mb = 3865.78 m = 12682.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.75 mb = 2757.58 m = 9047.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.35 C = 72.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.18 mb = 285.19 m = 935.66 ft T: 12.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1359.63 m = 4460.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.84 C = 69.51 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: 6.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.57 C Showalter Index: 7.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 12.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 111.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10713.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.45 mb = 906.44 m = 2973.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.9 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 18.9 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.92 Bulk Shear: 1.62 m/s