MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 1 OCT 25 Station: 41.8,-88.2 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 995 224 16.0 8.6 61 7.5 11.8 102 6 289.6 290.8 285.1 309.5 7.04 2 950 623 18.3 6.3 45 12.0 11.5 123 18 295.8 296.9 286.8 314.2 6.31 3 900 1085 17.0 -0.5 30 17.5 8.2 123 15 299.1 299.8 285.8 311.4 4.10 4 850 1570 15.5 -6.1 22 21.6 5.5 115 14 302.4 302.9 285.7 311.1 2.84 5 800 2082 13.7 -5.9 25 19.6 4.6 113 13 305.8 306.4 287.2 315.4 3.08 6 750 2621 10.2 -6.6 30 16.8 2.5 118 10 307.6 308.2 287.9 317.3 3.10 7 700 3190 6.0 -12.3 26 18.3 -1.3 117 6 309.1 309.5 287.4 315.9 2.13 8 650 3792 2.3 -20.2 17 22.6 -5.1 110 3 311.6 311.8 287.3 315.5 1.18 9 600 4434 -1.2 -28.3 11 27.1 -8.4 150 3 314.8 314.9 287.7 316.9 0.62 10 550 5122 -4.7 -37.4 6 32.7 -11.6 177 5 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.5 0.28 11 500 5865 -9.7 -39.3 7 29.6 -15.2 227 7 321.2 321.3 289.4 322.2 0.25 12 450 6668 -15.7 -40.7 10 25.0 -19.7 252 10 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.24 13 400 7544 -22.3 -34.3 33 12.0 -24.4 265 11 325.9 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.52 14 350 8511 -29.4 -34.9 59 5.4 -30.2 249 18 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.2 0.56 15 300 9595 -36.2 -36.1 100 -0.0 -36.1 263 18 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.6 0.58 16 250 10833 -46.5 -46.8 96 0.4 -46.5 271 23 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12273 -57.6 -59.2 81 1.6 -57.6 275 27 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 18 150 14088 -59.7 -78.0 7 18.3 -59.9 317 23 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16586 -65.0 -83.4 6 18.4 -65.1 276 2 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.96 m Freezing level: 616.74 mb = 4218.89 m = 13841.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.43 mb = 2987.35 m = 9800.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.17 mb = 1178.06 m = 3864.99 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.06 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.48 mb = 4480.25 m = 14698.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.44 C = 106.60 F Cap Strength: 10.81 C Lifted Index: 11.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.95 C Showalter Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 3.54 C K Index: 0.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11624.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.59 mb = 2254.95 m = 7398.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 161.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -18.7 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.26 Bulk Shear: 3.59 m/s