MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511051800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511051800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 9 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-87.7 Latitude: 41.70 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 76 SFC 985 200 6.7 4.5 86 2.1 5.6 52 5 281.0 281.9 279.4 295.8 5.36 2 950 496 3.8 3.2 96 0.6 3.5 68 7 281.0 281.9 279.1 295.0 5.06 3 900 933 0.8 0.7 99 0.1 0.7 129 4 282.3 283.1 279.0 294.8 4.46 4 850 1391 -1.1 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 227 10 285.0 285.8 279.8 296.6 4.08 5 800 1874 -2.0 -2.5 96 0.5 -2.2 248 27 289.1 289.8 281.5 300.5 3.97 6 750 2386 -4.1 -5.2 92 1.1 -4.6 241 38 292.1 292.7 282.3 302.2 3.45 7 700 2927 -7.0 -8.0 93 1.0 -7.4 244 45 294.7 295.2 282.8 303.7 2.99 8 650 3502 -9.7 -10.4 95 0.6 -9.9 252 46 298.0 298.4 283.8 306.1 2.67 9 600 4116 -13.5 -13.9 97 0.4 -13.6 254 42 300.5 300.9 284.3 307.3 2.18 10 550 4772 -18.2 -18.2 100 0.0 -18.2 253 40 302.5 302.8 284.5 307.8 1.66 11 500 5476 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 248 40 304.1 304.3 284.5 307.8 1.13 12 450 6236 -29.7 -29.7 100 -0.0 -29.7 238 41 305.9 306.0 284.7 308.3 0.72 13 400 7064 -36.7 -36.7 99 0.1 -36.7 231 47 307.3 307.4 284.8 308.7 0.41 14 350 7972 -45.0 -45.0 100 -0.0 -45.0 227 49 308.0 308.1 284.8 308.7 0.20 15 300 8981 -53.1 -53.2 98 0.1 -53.1 227 55 310.5 310.6 285.7 310.9 0.09 16 250 10158 -51.6 -67.7 13 16.1 -51.9 248 73 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.02 17 200 11604 -52.1 -74.7 5 22.6 -52.5 253 66 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13469 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 256 59 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16071 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -56.1 265 44 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5399.80 m Freezing level: 878.68 mb = 1128.19 m = 3701.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 880.72 mb = 1106.37 m = 3629.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.21 % Est. max temperature: 11.83 C = 53.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.16 mb = 469.00 m = 1538.71 ft T: 4.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 1.01 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 725.25 m = 2379.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.33 C = 45.20 F Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lifted Index: 8.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.32 C Showalter Index: 7.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 20.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.60 mb = 715.12 m = 2346.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.60 mb = 847.29 m = 2779.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 889.60 mb = 1026.10 m = 3366.42 ft B at Equ Level: 8.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 849.60 mb = 1394.51 m = 4575.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 259.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 195.08 m/s