MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511050600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511050600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 9 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-88.6 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 983 223 2.1 1.7 97 0.4 2.0 0 12 276.7 277.4 276.0 288.7 4.41 2 950 496 0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.0 7 21 277.2 277.9 275.7 288.2 4.00 3 900 929 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.1 -1.2 6 17 280.4 281.0 277.2 291.1 3.87 4 850 1384 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.6 346 9 283.5 284.2 278.6 293.9 3.66 5 800 1864 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 294 8 286.4 286.9 279.5 295.9 3.31 6 750 2370 -6.8 -7.3 96 0.5 -7.0 267 14 289.2 289.8 280.4 297.9 2.95 7 700 2906 -9.1 -9.6 96 0.5 -9.3 249 23 292.4 292.9 281.4 300.2 2.63 8 650 3477 -12.2 -12.5 97 0.4 -12.3 242 31 295.2 295.6 282.2 302.0 2.25 9 600 4084 -16.2 -16.3 99 0.1 -16.3 240 38 297.3 297.6 282.5 302.8 1.78 10 550 4733 -20.8 -21.0 98 0.2 -20.8 235 35 299.4 299.7 282.8 303.6 1.30 11 500 5430 -26.0 -26.2 98 0.2 -26.0 238 36 301.4 301.5 283.1 304.3 0.90 12 450 6183 -32.1 -32.8 94 0.7 -32.2 248 40 302.9 303.0 283.2 304.7 0.54 13 400 7001 -39.7 -39.9 98 0.2 -39.8 251 33 303.3 303.4 283.1 304.4 0.30 14 350 7901 -45.2 -50.3 57 5.1 -45.4 244 42 307.8 307.8 284.7 308.2 0.11 15 300 8928 -46.7 -63.0 14 16.4 -47.1 248 64 319.6 319.6 288.6 319.7 0.03 16 250 10131 -48.7 -69.5 7 20.8 -49.1 251 75 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.01 17 200 11589 -50.7 -76.1 3 25.5 -51.1 256 68 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13458 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.1 -52.7 251 60 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16068 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 266 42 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5346.46 m Freezing level: 948.84 mb = 506.49 m = 1661.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 950.64 mb = 491.08 m = 1611.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.70 % Est. max temperature: 9.92 C = 49.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.85 mb = 272.36 m = 893.56 ft T: 1.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 0.51 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.94 mb = 615.79 m = 2020.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.56 C = 38.40 F Cap Strength: 9.73 C Lifted Index: 10.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.74 C Showalter Index: 7.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 20.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 53.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15953.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.73 mb = 677.65 m = 2223.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 7.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.4 neg: -42.4 tot: 60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 184.10 m/s