MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 183 SFC 995 224 25.5 9.0 35 16.6 15.5 99 8 299.1 300.4 288.9 320.4 7.23 2 950 628 20.1 7.2 43 12.9 12.7 106 12 297.6 298.8 287.9 317.4 6.73 3 900 1090 16.3 5.4 49 10.9 10.2 114 13 298.3 299.4 287.7 316.8 6.26 4 850 1575 15.5 -3.3 27 18.8 6.3 135 15 302.4 303.0 286.4 313.1 3.51 5 800 2087 13.5 -5.0 27 18.5 4.7 145 14 305.6 306.2 287.3 315.8 3.29 6 750 2626 9.9 -6.7 30 16.6 2.3 146 12 307.3 307.8 287.7 316.9 3.07 7 700 3194 5.3 -11.0 30 16.3 -1.3 149 8 308.4 308.8 287.4 315.9 2.36 8 650 3795 2.0 -19.7 18 21.7 -5.2 166 5 311.3 311.5 287.2 315.4 1.24 9 600 4436 -1.0 -29.0 10 28.0 -8.4 178 6 314.9 315.0 287.8 316.9 0.58 10 550 5125 -4.8 -37.7 6 32.9 -11.6 190 9 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.4 0.27 11 500 5867 -9.7 -39.1 7 29.4 -15.2 210 12 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.26 12 450 6669 -16.1 -38.7 12 22.6 -19.9 235 14 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.30 13 400 7544 -22.9 -38.0 24 15.1 -25.1 229 15 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.36 14 350 8508 -30.2 -40.5 36 10.3 -31.4 231 23 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.32 15 300 9590 -35.8 -36.2 96 0.4 -35.9 244 29 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.0 0.58 16 250 10829 -46.4 -46.6 98 0.2 -46.4 242 28 337.0 337.1 293.8 338.0 0.23 17 200 12272 -55.5 -62.1 44 6.6 -55.7 256 26 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14096 -60.4 -79.2 7 18.8 -60.6 291 15 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16597 -64.3 -83.4 6 19.1 -64.5 310 5 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.31 m Freezing level: 617.01 mb = 4217.91 m = 13838.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.28 mb = 2981.64 m = 9782.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.99 mb = 2298.26 m = 7540.14 ft T: 12.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.19 mb = 3891.44 m = 12767.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.23 C = 100.82 F Cap Strength: 7.67 C Lifted Index: 7.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.84 C Showalter Index: 10.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 6.40 C K Index: 5.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 40.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9217.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.12 mb = 2329.06 m = 7641.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.8 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 184.8 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -6.2 tot: 31.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 10.56 m/s