MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 42.1,-87.4 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -87.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 994 175 20.0 17.1 83 2.9 18.1 237 4 293.6 295.9 291.5 329.0 12.40 2 950 569 20.4 15.1 72 5.3 16.9 232 13 297.9 299.9 292.0 331.0 11.43 3 900 1033 16.6 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 225 18 298.6 300.6 291.9 330.8 11.05 4 850 1518 12.9 11.7 93 1.1 12.1 223 21 299.6 301.5 291.6 329.6 10.23 5 800 2026 10.9 7.4 79 3.5 8.8 239 21 302.7 304.2 290.8 326.9 8.11 6 750 2562 7.5 4.8 83 2.7 6.0 252 21 304.7 306.1 290.7 326.5 7.22 7 700 3128 4.0 1.3 82 2.7 2.5 263 21 306.9 308.0 290.3 325.2 6.00 8 650 3727 0.4 -4.3 71 4.7 -1.9 271 23 309.4 310.2 289.6 322.7 4.27 9 600 4364 -3.5 -11.1 56 7.6 -6.5 266 27 312.0 312.6 289.0 320.8 2.73 10 550 5047 -7.2 -11.8 69 4.7 -9.0 261 27 315.6 316.1 290.2 324.7 2.81 11 500 5785 -11.3 -13.3 86 1.9 -12.1 258 33 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.75 12 450 6585 -16.9 -17.8 92 1.0 -17.1 258 38 322.0 322.5 291.5 329.1 2.09 13 400 7458 -23.3 -23.5 98 0.2 -23.4 252 40 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.7 1.44 14 350 8420 -30.9 -31.6 93 0.8 -31.0 252 47 327.1 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.77 15 300 9494 -40.0 -44.4 63 4.4 -40.3 260 47 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 16 250 10709 -50.7 -52.0 87 1.2 -50.8 261 51 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.13 17 200 12135 -56.5 -67.0 25 10.5 -56.7 258 57 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13953 -58.0 -78.5 6 20.5 -58.3 252 54 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16456 -66.3 -83.2 8 16.9 -66.4 249 45 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.21 m Freezing level: 645.32 mb = 3786.29 m = 12422.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.11 mb = 3468.31 m = 11378.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.17 mb = 548.86 m = 1800.70 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.23 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1409.55 m = 4624.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 166.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.87 mb = 1138.84 m = 3736.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.87 mb = 2629.42 m = 8626.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.87 mb = 9631.25 m = 31598.20 ft B at Equ Level: 166.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.87 mb = 11706.75 m = 38407.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 6.03 Bulk Shear: 27.67 m/s