MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510031200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510031200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 3 OCT 25 Station: 41.8,-88.8 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 186 SFC 994 236 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.5 224 5 291.8 293.4 287.9 317.4 8.99 2 950 631 23.0 11.6 48 11.4 15.8 242 13 300.5 302.2 290.9 327.2 9.04 3 900 1100 19.8 10.1 54 9.7 13.8 254 11 301.9 303.5 291.0 327.6 8.65 4 850 1588 15.2 9.2 67 6.1 11.5 256 10 302.1 303.7 291.0 327.6 8.60 5 800 2099 10.8 7.0 77 3.8 8.6 256 9 302.7 304.1 290.6 326.2 7.88 6 750 2633 6.9 1.8 70 5.1 4.2 256 6 304.1 305.1 289.2 321.6 5.80 7 700 3198 5.1 -10.6 31 15.7 -1.4 280 5 308.1 308.6 287.3 315.8 2.43 8 650 3800 2.3 -15.4 26 17.7 -4.3 290 7 311.5 311.9 287.9 317.3 1.77 9 600 4441 -2.1 -18.2 28 16.1 -7.5 293 8 313.6 313.9 288.3 318.7 1.51 10 550 5125 -7.0 -18.9 38 11.9 -10.8 303 5 315.7 316.0 289.0 321.0 1.55 11 500 5862 -11.2 -26.5 27 15.2 -15.1 305 4 319.4 319.5 289.5 322.4 0.88 12 450 6662 -16.3 -34.6 19 18.3 -19.7 335 5 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.45 13 400 7539 -22.0 -39.5 19 17.5 -24.6 357 14 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.31 14 350 8509 -28.0 -48.8 12 20.8 -30.0 355 14 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 15 300 9595 -37.0 -52.8 18 15.8 -38.0 5 20 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 16 250 10829 -47.0 -55.3 38 8.3 -47.3 359 30 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.08 17 200 12274 -55.9 -63.1 40 7.2 -56.1 338 26 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14073 -62.5 -74.0 20 11.4 -62.7 304 22 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16535 -67.1 -83.8 8 16.7 -67.2 277 16 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.29 m Freezing level: 624.19 mb = 4130.51 m = 13551.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.45 mb = 3053.75 m = 10018.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.37 mb = 1009.86 m = 3313.16 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 11.78 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.33 mb = 2465.77 m = 8089.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: 2.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 19.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6288.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.51 mb = 1926.73 m = 6321.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.2 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 301.2 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -4.8 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.19 Bulk Shear: 3.44 m/s