MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511040000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511040000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 4 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-87.7 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -87.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 187 SFC 998 200 12.2 -5.9 28 18.1 4.7 274 9 285.5 285.9 277.9 292.6 2.46 2 950 616 11.4 -10.1 21 21.5 3.1 289 25 288.7 289.1 278.7 294.3 1.86 3 900 1064 7.1 -11.0 26 18.1 0.5 294 27 288.8 289.2 278.7 294.3 1.84 4 850 1529 3.1 -16.1 23 19.3 -2.9 304 27 289.4 289.7 278.3 293.3 1.28 5 800 2017 -0.2 -34.1 6 33.9 -7.0 315 26 290.9 290.9 277.6 291.8 0.27 6 750 2529 -4.3 -36.9 6 32.6 -10.0 323 32 292.0 292.0 278.0 292.7 0.22 7 700 3070 -5.0 -43.8 3 38.9 -10.9 314 42 297.0 297.0 280.1 297.4 0.11 8 650 3652 -5.5 -37.4 6 31.9 -11.3 308 56 302.8 302.8 282.8 303.6 0.24 9 600 4278 -6.0 -20.5 31 14.6 -10.2 302 72 309.2 309.5 286.5 313.3 1.24 10 550 4959 -7.2 -17.9 42 10.7 -10.7 302 85 315.6 315.9 289.1 321.2 1.70 11 500 5695 -11.8 -23.4 38 11.6 -15.0 299 87 318.6 318.8 289.5 322.6 1.16 12 450 6493 -17.9 -30.9 31 13.1 -20.5 299 90 320.8 320.9 289.7 323.1 0.64 13 400 7362 -24.5 -37.5 29 13.0 -26.3 301 90 323.2 323.2 290.2 324.6 0.38 14 350 8318 -32.4 -40.1 46 7.8 -33.2 298 86 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.3 0.33 15 300 9386 -40.5 -45.1 62 4.6 -40.9 300 96 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.23 16 250 10601 -49.6 -55.4 50 5.8 -49.8 296 93 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 17 200 12052 -51.9 -71.2 8 19.3 -52.2 288 81 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13875 -61.3 -79.3 8 18.0 -61.4 286 76 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16345 -67.0 -83.9 7 16.9 -67.1 275 51 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5508.72 m Freezing level: 803.49 mb = 1982.99 m = 6505.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 892.81 mb = 1128.96 m = 3703.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.51 % Est. max temperature: 16.19 C = 61.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.33 mb = 2451.50 m = 8042.87 ft T: -3.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.61 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 444.73 mb = 6579.51 m = 21586.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.74 C = 117.93 F Cap Strength: 20.23 C Lifted Index: 21.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.13 C Showalter Index: 21.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 10.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.96 C Cross Totals Index: -4.29 C K Index: -40.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 141.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17147.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.03 mb = 3069.93 m = 10071.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.7 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 333.7 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.8 neg: -17.1 tot: 158.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 163.15 m/s