MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511051200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511051200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 9 NOV 25 Station: 41.9,-87.7 Latitude: 41.90 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 59 SFC 983 196 6.8 5.1 89 1.7 5.9 30 7 281.3 282.2 279.8 296.7 5.59 2 950 479 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.8 36 8 281.3 282.2 279.4 295.6 5.18 3 900 916 0.9 0.5 97 0.5 0.7 134 2 282.5 283.2 279.0 294.8 4.39 4 850 1375 -0.9 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 211 8 285.2 285.9 280.0 297.0 4.14 5 800 1857 -3.0 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.1 231 18 288.0 288.6 280.8 298.8 3.76 6 750 2367 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -4.9 239 29 291.4 292.0 282.0 301.6 3.49 7 700 2907 -7.7 -8.1 97 0.4 -7.8 241 36 294.0 294.5 282.5 302.8 2.96 8 650 3479 -11.3 -11.7 97 0.4 -11.5 243 38 296.2 296.6 282.8 303.5 2.39 9 600 4089 -15.3 -15.7 96 0.5 -15.4 244 38 298.4 298.8 283.1 304.2 1.87 10 550 4740 -19.9 -20.2 97 0.3 -20.0 243 41 300.5 300.8 283.4 304.9 1.39 11 500 5439 -25.2 -25.5 97 0.3 -25.3 248 42 302.3 302.4 283.5 305.4 0.96 12 450 6194 -31.8 -32.0 98 0.2 -31.9 245 40 303.2 303.3 283.5 305.2 0.58 13 400 7013 -39.2 -39.2 100 -0.0 -39.2 239 36 304.0 304.1 283.5 305.2 0.32 14 350 7912 -46.7 -48.1 86 1.4 -46.7 238 40 305.8 305.8 283.9 306.3 0.14 15 300 8927 -48.6 -61.6 21 12.9 -49.0 240 61 316.8 316.8 287.7 316.9 0.03 16 250 10124 -49.3 -69.0 8 19.7 -49.7 245 73 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.8 0.01 17 200 11580 -51.0 -75.9 4 24.9 -51.4 253 67 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13447 -52.2 -81.2 2 29.1 -52.7 253 61 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16060 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -56.1 257 48 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5380.56 m Freezing level: 874.22 mb = 1152.70 m = 3781.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 878.73 mb = 1108.17 m = 3635.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.84 % Est. max temperature: 11.60 C = 52.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.06 mb = 409.87 m = 1344.70 ft T: 4.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 1.90 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.48 mb = 725.56 m = 2380.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.48 C = 45.46 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 22.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.78 mb = 714.22 m = 2343.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.78 mb = 846.81 m = 2778.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.78 mb = 1026.05 m = 3366.27 ft B at Equ Level: 8.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 847.78 mb = 1395.51 m = 4578.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 169.66 m/s