MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 4 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 174 SFC 994 224 19.2 13.1 68 6.1 15.4 216 5 292.8 294.5 288.8 320.0 9.54 2 950 618 22.9 10.5 45 12.4 15.2 247 20 300.5 302.0 290.4 325.3 8.42 3 900 1088 20.6 9.8 50 10.8 13.9 247 18 302.7 304.2 291.1 327.9 8.47 4 850 1578 16.4 9.5 64 6.9 12.1 231 15 303.3 305.0 291.6 329.6 8.80 5 800 2091 12.1 6.5 69 5.5 8.8 217 15 304.0 305.4 290.8 326.9 7.61 6 750 2628 7.9 2.8 70 5.1 5.1 204 14 305.1 306.3 290.0 324.0 6.24 7 700 3193 3.9 0.6 79 3.3 2.2 200 8 306.8 307.9 290.1 324.4 5.74 8 650 3793 1.3 -3.6 70 4.9 -1.1 214 5 310.4 311.2 290.1 324.5 4.51 9 600 4433 -2.6 -6.7 73 4.1 -4.4 231 5 313.1 313.9 290.4 325.4 3.86 10 550 5120 -4.6 -25.6 18 21.0 -10.5 228 7 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.7 0.87 11 500 5863 -9.9 -29.2 19 19.3 -14.5 252 3 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.68 12 450 6665 -16.2 -32.7 23 16.5 -19.5 296 4 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.54 13 400 7541 -21.8 -40.5 17 18.6 -24.5 357 3 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.28 14 350 8511 -28.4 -45.6 18 17.1 -30.2 323 7 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.19 15 300 9595 -37.7 -47.9 34 10.2 -38.4 313 11 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 16 250 10824 -47.7 -54.4 46 6.7 -48.0 307 16 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.09 17 200 12267 -55.5 -65.8 27 10.3 -55.7 307 32 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14069 -63.1 -77.8 12 14.7 -63.2 315 45 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16512 -69.4 -82.6 13 13.2 -69.5 304 17 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.21 m Freezing level: 633.61 mb = 4002.91 m = 13132.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3588.09 m = 11771.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.85 mb = 1012.43 m = 3321.59 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2705.10 m = 8874.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.38 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6224.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.61 mb = 2021.35 m = 6631.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -43.2 tot: -18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.28 Bulk Shear: 3.69 m/s