MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511051800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511051800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 5 NOV 25 Station: 41.8,-88.5 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 988 238 15.0 2.1 42 12.9 8.5 339 18 289.2 290.0 282.2 302.1 4.50 2 950 563 10.5 0.9 51 9.6 5.9 339 28 287.8 288.6 281.4 300.1 4.28 3 900 1010 6.3 0.1 64 6.3 3.4 338 27 288.0 288.8 281.4 300.3 4.27 4 850 1475 3.1 -1.7 71 4.8 1.0 334 29 289.4 290.1 281.7 300.9 3.98 5 800 1966 2.1 -17.5 22 19.7 -4.0 327 37 293.4 293.7 280.1 297.2 1.21 6 750 2484 -0.1 -39.1 3 39.1 -7.4 314 40 296.5 296.5 280.0 297.1 0.17 7 700 3032 -3.5 -44.1 3 40.6 -10.0 302 43 298.6 298.7 280.9 299.0 0.11 8 650 3613 -6.9 -33.6 10 26.8 -12.1 293 50 301.2 301.3 282.3 302.4 0.34 9 600 4235 -9.2 -41.2 6 31.9 -14.3 286 63 305.4 305.5 283.8 306.0 0.17 10 550 4901 -13.5 -47.0 4 33.5 -17.8 287 65 308.1 308.1 284.7 308.5 0.10 11 500 5621 -16.4 -54.8 2 38.4 -20.3 295 82 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.2 0.04 12 450 6410 -19.0 -47.3 6 28.3 -22.4 292 102 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.9 0.12 13 400 7277 -24.7 -42.7 17 18.0 -26.9 287 102 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.7 0.22 14 350 8233 -32.7 -48.6 19 15.9 -33.9 285 101 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.13 15 300 9296 -42.4 -55.7 22 13.3 -42.9 292 102 325.6 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.07 16 250 10498 -53.3 -61.2 38 7.8 -53.5 294 98 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.04 17 200 11903 -59.6 -66.8 39 7.2 -59.7 280 118 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.02 18 150 13732 -57.3 -79.8 4 22.5 -57.5 285 76 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16243 -62.5 -84.6 4 22.1 -62.7 285 60 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5488.32 m Freezing level: 751.66 mb = 2466.79 m = 8093.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.28 mb = 1568.14 m = 5144.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.16 % Est. max temperature: 16.19 C = 61.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.71 mb = 1838.11 m = 6030.47 ft T: 2.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 3.82 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.08 mb = 2974.70 m = 9759.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.19 C = 75.55 F Cap Strength: 9.34 C Lifted Index: 12.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.64 C Showalter Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.54 C Cross Totals Index: 14.76 C K Index: -22.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13045.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.23 mb = 1793.25 m = 5883.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.7 at 51.4 knts Storm direction: 330.7 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -15.8 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 168.34 m/s