MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510130600F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510130600F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.6,-88.7 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -88.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 979 212 17.2 15.1 87 2.1 15.8 205 11 292.1 294.1 289.8 323.5 11.07 2 950 472 15.7 14.1 91 1.5 14.7 211 22 293.1 295.0 289.9 323.7 10.73 3 900 931 14.1 10.7 80 3.4 12.1 236 27 296.1 297.7 289.4 322.2 9.02 4 850 1412 11.9 8.9 82 3.0 10.1 255 29 298.6 300.2 289.8 323.4 8.44 5 800 1918 9.2 6.1 81 3.1 7.5 253 30 301.0 302.3 289.7 323.0 7.42 6 750 2451 6.0 2.7 79 3.3 4.2 250 30 303.1 304.2 289.3 321.7 6.20 7 700 3013 2.0 -0.1 86 2.1 0.9 244 34 304.7 305.7 289.1 321.1 5.42 8 650 3607 -1.4 -2.2 94 0.9 -1.8 230 42 307.4 308.4 289.6 322.8 4.99 9 600 4242 -4.6 -5.1 96 0.5 -4.8 234 47 310.8 311.6 290.1 324.5 4.37 10 550 4923 -8.6 -9.7 92 1.1 -9.1 232 47 313.8 314.5 290.1 324.5 3.32 11 500 5656 -12.7 -13.8 91 1.1 -13.0 232 50 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.3 2.64 12 450 6453 -17.5 -17.8 97 0.3 -17.6 224 53 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.4 2.10 13 400 7326 -23.2 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.2 219 58 324.8 325.1 291.7 329.9 1.47 14 350 8289 -30.5 -30.6 99 0.1 -30.6 224 64 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.7 0.85 15 300 9364 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 224 73 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.3 0.41 16 250 10582 -50.5 -50.5 100 0.0 -50.5 229 86 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 12012 -53.9 -68.2 16 14.3 -54.2 242 74 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13854 -57.7 -79.1 5 21.4 -57.9 233 51 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16374 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 249 33 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.57 m Freezing level: 670.49 mb = 3363.55 m = 11035.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3205.97 m = 10518.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.15 mb = 479.90 m = 1574.47 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 2.25 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1582.81 m = 5192.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.11 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7058.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.25 mb = 975.41 m = 3200.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 126.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 57.74 m/s