MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511051800F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511051800F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 6Z 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 4.2 3.2 94 0.9 3.7 6 14 278.5 279.3 277.6 291.9 4.89 2 950 492 1.2 1.0 99 0.1 1.1 10 25 278.4 279.1 276.8 290.3 4.34 3 900 925 -1.5 -1.7 99 0.1 -1.6 19 28 279.9 280.6 276.9 290.4 3.76 4 850 1379 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 27 21 282.4 282.9 277.6 291.9 3.37 5 800 1856 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.3 360 8 285.7 286.2 279.0 294.7 3.16 6 750 2362 -7.2 -7.7 96 0.6 -7.4 297 13 288.8 289.3 280.0 297.1 2.84 7 700 2897 -9.4 -10.0 95 0.6 -9.6 274 16 292.1 292.6 281.2 299.7 2.55 8 650 3468 -12.1 -12.7 96 0.5 -12.3 252 21 295.2 295.6 282.2 302.0 2.22 9 600 4075 -15.9 -16.3 97 0.3 -16.0 246 26 297.7 298.0 282.7 303.2 1.79 10 550 4725 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 246 28 299.8 300.0 283.0 304.1 1.35 11 500 5423 -25.7 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 242 30 301.6 301.8 283.2 304.7 0.94 12 450 6177 -32.0 -32.0 100 -0.0 -32.0 242 33 303.0 303.1 283.4 304.9 0.58 13 400 6995 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 239 32 303.7 303.8 283.3 304.8 0.31 14 350 7893 -47.4 -47.5 99 0.1 -47.4 219 29 304.8 304.9 283.5 305.4 0.15 15 300 8906 -48.3 -62.0 19 13.7 -48.6 240 45 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.03 16 250 10105 -48.9 -69.0 8 20.1 -49.3 248 56 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.01 17 200 11567 -50.0 -76.7 3 26.7 -50.5 254 59 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13439 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 254 59 381.2 381.2 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16058 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 271 50 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5346.54 m Freezing level: 928.40 mb = 679.15 m = 2228.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 929.43 mb = 667.39 m = 2189.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.44 % Est. max temperature: 8.95 C = 48.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.80 mb = 316.94 m = 1039.80 ft T: 2.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 1.60 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.40 mb = 633.27 m = 2077.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.53 C = 40.15 F Cap Strength: 9.24 C Lifted Index: 9.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.81 C Showalter Index: 9.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 17.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.36 mb = 659.35 m = 2163.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.36 mb = 702.49 m = 2304.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 895.36 mb = 965.98 m = 3169.18 ft B at Equ Level: 9.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 835.36 mb = 1515.44 m = 4971.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 6.4 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.8 neg: -40.3 tot: 71.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 151.61 m/s