MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511041200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511041200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 8 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 28 SFC 977 223 11.1 2.5 55 8.6 6.9 309 11 286.1 287.0 281.1 299.4 4.69 2 950 457 10.3 1.9 56 8.4 6.2 314 23 287.6 288.4 281.7 300.8 4.61 3 900 904 7.0 1.3 67 5.7 4.2 320 28 288.7 289.5 282.2 302.1 4.68 4 850 1371 3.6 -0.1 77 3.7 1.8 299 25 289.9 290.7 282.5 302.7 4.45 5 800 1860 -0.1 -2.6 83 2.5 -1.2 284 32 291.1 291.8 282.4 302.5 3.94 6 750 2374 -3.7 -5.4 88 1.7 -4.4 280 34 292.5 293.1 282.4 302.6 3.41 7 700 2916 -6.3 -9.4 79 3.0 -7.4 272 33 295.5 296.0 282.8 303.6 2.68 8 650 3493 -9.2 -13.6 70 4.4 -10.6 271 34 298.5 298.9 283.4 304.9 2.06 9 600 4108 -12.6 -19.1 58 6.5 -14.3 278 34 301.5 301.8 283.8 306.0 1.41 10 550 4766 -17.2 -26.7 44 9.4 -19.1 288 32 303.6 303.8 283.9 306.2 0.78 11 500 5472 -23.0 -32.8 40 9.8 -24.4 297 30 305.0 305.1 284.1 306.7 0.49 12 450 6236 -28.0 -42.0 25 13.9 -29.4 322 28 308.0 308.1 284.8 308.8 0.21 13 400 7072 -33.3 -46.4 26 13.1 -34.3 349 35 311.8 311.8 286.1 312.3 0.15 14 350 7998 -39.3 -55.7 16 16.3 -40.0 348 42 315.7 315.7 287.4 316.0 0.06 15 300 9037 -46.3 -62.9 14 16.6 -46.8 338 40 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.03 16 250 10233 -51.1 -65.7 16 14.6 -51.4 296 42 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 17 200 11684 -50.7 -74.9 4 24.2 -51.1 270 48 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13544 -53.9 -80.6 2 26.7 -54.3 271 64 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16117 -58.1 -84.7 2 26.6 -58.5 276 59 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5443.68 m Freezing level: 801.16 mb = 1849.07 m = 6066.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 819.87 mb = 1662.53 m = 5454.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.06 % Est. max temperature: 15.34 C = 59.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.68 mb = 1297.95 m = 4258.30 ft T: 4.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 0.20 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.65 mb = 1923.77 m = 6311.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.16 C = 61.09 F Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lifted Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 23.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13271.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.90 mb = 1545.05 m = 5069.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.2 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 319.2 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -40.3 tot: -27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 28.22 m/s