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: 41.3,-88.6 Latitude: 41.30 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 991 201 12.4 11.9 96 0.6 12.1 334 6 286.3 287.9 285.7 310.9 8.85 2 950 558 13.8 11.4 85 2.4 12.4 1 15 291.2 292.8 287.6 316.6 8.94 3 900 1013 11.6 8.4 80 3.2 9.7 3 15 293.5 294.9 287.3 315.6 7.70 4 850 1489 8.8 5.2 78 3.6 6.8 0 16 295.3 296.5 286.9 314.4 6.54 5 800 1990 8.0 0.3 58 7.7 4.1 344 17 299.7 300.6 286.8 314.3 4.88 6 750 2522 7.2 -6.2 38 13.4 1.2 336 17 304.4 305.0 286.9 314.3 3.21 7 700 3086 4.4 -11.3 31 15.7 -1.9 344 17 307.3 307.8 287.0 314.7 2.30 8 650 3685 1.0 -18.9 21 19.9 -5.6 352 17 310.1 310.3 286.9 314.4 1.32 9 600 4323 -3.2 -24.9 17 21.7 -9.3 353 17 312.4 312.5 287.2 315.2 0.84 10 550 5005 -7.4 -32.5 11 25.2 -12.9 347 19 315.4 315.4 287.8 317.0 0.45 11 500 5740 -12.5 -36.9 11 24.4 -17.0 339 20 317.8 317.9 288.4 319.0 0.32 12 450 6534 -19.1 -38.6 16 19.5 -22.1 338 18 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.30 13 400 7397 -26.4 -40.9 24 14.5 -28.1 338 19 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.27 14 350 8347 -33.6 -49.8 18 16.2 -34.8 328 19 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.12 15 300 9414 -39.5 -57.7 13 18.2 -40.4 340 21 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.05 16 250 10647 -44.1 -63.9 9 19.8 -44.7 358 31 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 17 200 12126 -49.8 -71.1 6 21.3 -50.3 327 11 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13979 -56.2 -79.0 4 22.8 -56.5 275 19 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16514 -63.2 -83.7 5 20.5 -63.4 269 22 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.98 m Freezing level: 638.39 mb = 3833.42 m = 12576.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.81 mb = 2733.85 m = 8969.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.24 % Est. max temperature: 22.18 C = 71.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.87 mb = 270.83 m = 888.53 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 2.31 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1443.12 m = 4734.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.24 C = 70.24 F Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lifted Index: 6.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.05 C Showalter Index: 7.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 10.82 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10175.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.49 mb = 943.14 m = 3094.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.1 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 18.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -7.5 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.68 Bulk Shear: 4.17 m/s