MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510011200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 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 156 SFC 992 224 22.9 10.0 44 12.9 15.1 185 7 296.7 298.1 288.5 319.4 7.79 2 950 604 24.2 9.0 38 15.3 14.9 205 24 301.8 303.2 290.0 324.3 7.58 3 900 1074 20.4 8.0 45 12.4 12.9 206 23 302.5 303.9 290.2 324.8 7.48 4 850 1564 15.9 6.9 55 9.0 10.6 200 22 302.8 304.1 290.2 324.7 7.34 5 800 2075 11.1 5.6 69 5.5 8.0 192 22 303.0 304.3 290.1 324.5 7.17 6 750 2609 6.1 3.9 86 2.2 4.9 184 20 303.2 304.5 289.8 323.5 6.77 7 700 3173 5.9 -14.3 22 20.2 -1.8 194 14 309.0 309.3 287.0 314.8 1.80 8 650 3777 3.9 -25.2 10 29.1 -4.9 189 14 313.4 313.5 287.4 316.0 0.76 9 600 4423 0.7 -30.4 8 31.1 -7.5 190 14 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.7 0.51 10 550 5115 -4.2 -29.6 12 25.4 -10.7 200 14 319.1 319.3 289.1 321.3 0.60 11 500 5857 -9.7 -34.4 11 24.6 -14.9 206 12 321.2 321.2 289.6 322.7 0.42 12 450 6662 -14.8 -40.0 10 25.1 -19.1 212 8 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.26 13 400 7544 -19.5 -45.1 8 25.6 -23.0 233 9 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 14 350 8520 -27.7 -44.6 19 16.8 -29.6 243 10 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.21 15 300 9608 -36.5 -48.4 28 11.9 -37.4 273 15 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.16 16 250 10848 -45.5 -56.4 28 10.9 -45.9 301 28 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12302 -55.2 -66.0 25 10.8 -55.4 303 43 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14099 -63.8 -77.5 14 13.7 -63.8 293 38 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16543 -68.7 -83.0 11 14.3 -68.8 272 20 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.12 m Freezing level: 592.72 mb = 4523.72 m = 14841.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.45 mb = 3017.84 m = 9900.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.16 mb = 1865.00 m = 6118.71 ft T: 13.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 10.01 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.65 mb = 3906.77 m = 12817.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.23 C = 104.41 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 4.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 12.29 Risk: None Sweat Index: 138.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7076.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.17 mb = 2421.76 m = 7945.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -36.2 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 46.61 Bulk Shear: 0.47 m/s