MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 3 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 180 SFC 995 224 30.4 13.8 36 16.7 19.4 213 8 304.0 305.8 292.7 333.8 9.98 2 950 634 25.0 12.4 45 12.6 16.9 215 12 302.6 304.3 292.0 330.9 9.55 3 900 1105 20.5 11.3 55 9.2 14.7 218 13 302.6 304.4 291.9 330.5 9.37 4 850 1595 15.9 10.0 68 5.9 12.3 220 13 302.8 304.5 291.7 330.0 9.11 5 800 2106 11.5 7.9 79 3.5 9.3 224 14 303.4 304.9 291.3 328.4 8.39 6 750 2642 7.4 2.7 72 4.8 4.8 232 13 304.6 305.8 289.8 323.4 6.19 7 700 3208 4.8 -6.0 46 10.8 -0.1 265 8 307.8 308.4 288.3 318.7 3.49 8 650 3809 1.9 -11.2 37 13.1 -3.4 290 9 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.1 2.50 9 600 4450 -1.9 -16.3 32 14.5 -7.0 277 9 314.0 314.3 288.7 319.8 1.78 10 550 5136 -5.9 -20.6 30 14.7 -10.5 261 9 317.0 317.3 289.2 321.6 1.35 11 500 5876 -10.2 -27.8 22 17.6 -14.6 273 7 320.6 320.7 289.8 323.3 0.78 12 450 6678 -16.0 -33.2 21 17.2 -19.4 331 6 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.52 13 400 7554 -22.5 -38.2 22 15.8 -24.9 319 7 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.35 14 350 8523 -27.8 -51.7 8 23.9 -29.9 320 11 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.09 15 300 9612 -36.0 -53.4 15 17.5 -37.1 338 15 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.09 16 250 10850 -46.7 -53.7 45 7.0 -47.0 335 20 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12290 -57.9 -60.5 72 2.6 -58.0 322 27 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 14071 -63.9 -75.4 19 11.6 -64.0 304 24 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16528 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.9 -67.3 274 20 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.76 m Freezing level: 624.87 mb = 4130.79 m = 13552.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.99 mb = 3196.17 m = 10485.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.95 mb = 2306.60 m = 7567.49 ft T: 9.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.63 mb = 2384.78 m = 7823.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.80 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.11 mb = 2251.96 m = 7388.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.11 mb = 2630.18 m = 8629.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.11 mb = 3429.63 m = 11251.94 ft B at Equ Level: 10.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 481.11 mb = 6169.38 m = 20240.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 22.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 3.92 m/s