MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 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 191 SFC 996 224 21.2 11.4 53 9.9 15.2 102 8 294.7 296.2 288.5 319.3 8.51 2 950 631 16.9 9.6 62 7.3 12.6 109 13 294.3 295.7 287.8 317.2 7.93 3 900 1092 16.9 1.0 34 15.8 8.6 119 14 298.9 299.7 286.2 312.6 4.58 4 850 1577 15.4 -5.1 24 20.5 5.8 121 14 302.3 302.8 285.9 311.7 3.08 5 800 2089 13.6 -4.7 28 18.3 4.8 124 14 305.6 306.3 287.5 316.1 3.37 6 750 2628 10.0 -6.4 31 16.4 2.5 127 11 307.4 308.0 287.9 317.3 3.15 7 700 3197 5.6 -11.9 27 17.5 -1.4 129 7 308.7 309.1 287.3 315.7 2.19 8 650 3798 2.2 -20.2 17 22.4 -5.1 133 5 311.5 311.7 287.2 315.4 1.18 9 600 4439 -1.2 -28.6 10 27.3 -8.5 153 5 314.7 314.8 287.7 316.8 0.60 10 550 5127 -4.8 -37.8 6 33.1 -11.6 176 8 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.4 0.27 11 500 5870 -9.7 -39.6 7 29.9 -15.2 211 9 321.2 321.3 289.4 322.2 0.25 12 450 6673 -15.9 -40.5 10 24.6 -19.9 239 11 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.2 0.25 13 400 7548 -22.6 -36.0 28 13.4 -24.8 236 11 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.3 0.44 14 350 8514 -29.9 -34.7 63 4.7 -30.6 242 21 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.5 0.58 15 300 9596 -36.3 -36.3 100 -0.0 -36.3 243 22 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.4 0.57 16 250 10835 -46.4 -46.4 100 -0.0 -46.4 250 23 337.1 337.1 293.8 338.0 0.24 17 200 12276 -55.5 -62.4 42 6.9 -55.7 273 26 344.8 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14097 -60.6 -78.7 8 18.1 -60.8 322 21 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16592 -64.6 -83.4 6 18.8 -64.7 278 5 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.07 m Freezing level: 618.01 mb = 4208.34 m = 13806.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.40 mb = 2982.80 m = 9785.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.97 mb = 1468.36 m = 4817.40 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.52 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.66 mb = 3727.43 m = 12228.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.65 C = 99.76 F Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lifted Index: 8.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.73 C Showalter Index: 11.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 4.59 C K Index: 2.48 Risk: None Sweat Index: 37.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10188.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.87 mb = 1943.68 m = 6376.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.1 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 168.1 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -6.4 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 4.05 m/s