MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511041200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511041200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 4 NOV 25 Station: 41.8,-89.3 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -89.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 203 SFC 996 237 7.5 -5.5 39 13.0 2.4 207 5 281.0 281.4 275.7 288.2 2.55 2 950 629 10.7 -7.5 27 18.2 3.4 224 9 288.1 288.5 279.0 294.8 2.29 3 900 1077 7.1 -9.0 31 16.1 0.9 240 7 288.8 289.2 279.1 295.2 2.15 4 850 1543 4.0 -13.9 26 17.9 -2.0 265 8 290.4 290.7 279.1 295.0 1.54 5 800 2034 2.9 -21.5 15 24.4 -4.1 276 15 294.2 294.3 280.0 296.9 0.85 6 750 2554 0.9 -10.8 41 11.8 -3.4 278 25 297.6 298.0 283.2 304.4 2.23 7 700 3106 -1.4 -8.8 57 7.4 -4.3 274 35 300.9 301.4 285.1 309.5 2.80 8 650 3694 -3.4 -9.6 62 6.1 -5.8 270 43 305.1 305.6 286.7 314.0 2.85 9 600 4324 -6.3 -8.0 87 1.7 -7.0 274 48 308.8 309.5 288.6 319.8 3.48 10 550 5001 -9.9 -12.4 82 2.4 -10.8 278 55 312.3 312.8 289.0 320.9 2.69 11 500 5729 -15.2 -15.9 94 0.7 -15.4 279 57 314.5 314.9 289.3 321.8 2.21 12 450 6518 -20.3 -20.8 97 0.4 -20.4 283 61 317.7 318.0 289.7 323.1 1.63 13 400 7379 -26.8 -27.8 91 1.1 -27.0 277 69 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.6 0.97 14 350 8327 -34.4 -34.9 96 0.4 -34.5 274 77 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.4 0.57 15 300 9388 -41.3 -50.6 36 9.3 -41.9 281 87 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.12 16 250 10604 -49.1 -56.9 40 7.8 -49.3 284 81 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12047 -54.4 -67.2 19 12.8 -54.6 284 73 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13860 -61.9 -79.3 8 17.4 -62.0 282 69 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16337 -65.8 -84.5 6 18.7 -65.9 289 53 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5525.75 m Freezing level: 729.89 mb = 2776.41 m = 9108.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.00 mb = 1222.92 m = 4012.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.21 % Est. max temperature: 17.20 C = 62.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.80 mb = 1875.68 m = 6153.72 ft T: 3.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.11 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 496.58 mb = 5780.57 m = 18964.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.22 C = 106.19 F Cap Strength: 17.78 C Lifted Index: 18.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.00 C Showalter Index: 17.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.23 C Cross Totals Index: 1.31 C K Index: -2.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 74.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16514.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.90 mb = 2727.95 m = 8949.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.9 neg: -12.5 tot: 101.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 120.67 m/s