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: 41.8,-88.1 Latitude: 41.80 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 122 SFC 989 219 13.7 12.2 90 1.6 12.8 336 5 287.8 289.4 286.4 313.1 9.04 2 950 555 13.9 11.1 84 2.7 12.2 3 16 291.2 292.8 287.5 316.2 8.79 3 900 1010 11.8 8.9 83 2.8 10.1 7 15 293.6 295.1 287.6 316.6 7.99 4 850 1487 8.8 5.8 81 3.0 7.1 1 14 295.4 296.6 287.1 315.1 6.80 5 800 1987 7.1 1.7 68 5.4 4.4 342 14 298.7 299.7 287.0 314.8 5.42 6 750 2517 6.3 -3.7 48 10.1 1.6 328 14 303.5 304.2 287.2 315.3 3.87 7 700 3080 3.8 -10.1 36 13.9 -1.9 336 16 306.7 307.2 287.0 314.7 2.54 8 650 3678 0.4 -17.6 24 18.0 -5.7 342 19 309.4 309.7 286.8 314.3 1.47 9 600 4315 -3.5 -24.1 19 20.6 -9.3 344 20 312.1 312.3 287.2 315.2 0.91 10 550 4997 -7.8 -28.6 17 20.8 -12.8 341 21 314.9 315.0 287.8 317.2 0.66 11 500 5731 -12.8 -37.1 11 24.3 -17.1 335 22 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.6 0.32 12 450 6525 -19.0 -38.5 16 19.5 -22.0 335 21 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.5 0.31 13 400 7388 -26.6 -39.7 28 13.1 -28.2 340 23 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.30 14 350 8336 -33.9 -49.3 20 15.3 -35.0 331 20 323.0 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.12 15 300 9404 -38.9 -58.5 11 19.6 -39.9 342 26 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.05 16 250 10641 -43.4 -64.4 8 21.1 -44.1 355 31 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12122 -49.8 -70.7 7 20.9 -50.3 327 12 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13973 -56.5 -79.3 4 22.8 -56.8 271 18 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16508 -63.0 -83.9 4 20.9 -63.2 271 22 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.67 m Freezing level: 644.65 mb = 3746.45 m = 12291.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.83 mb = 2773.40 m = 9098.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.03 % Est. max temperature: 21.99 C = 71.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.84 mb = 415.48 m = 1363.11 ft T: 13.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1435.09 m = 4708.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.06 C = 69.90 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.19 C Showalter Index: 6.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 13.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10562.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.27 mb = 989.01 m = 3244.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.2 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 13.2 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -6.0 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 5.38 m/s