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: 41.8,-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 97 SFC 983 238 0.4 -0.0 97 0.4 0.3 355 14 274.9 275.6 274.3 285.5 3.88 2 950 507 -1.7 -1.8 99 0.1 -1.8 1 27 275.4 276.0 274.0 285.1 3.52 3 900 936 -3.4 -3.8 97 0.5 -3.6 11 27 278.0 278.6 275.0 286.9 3.19 4 850 1388 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 18 17 281.5 282.1 276.9 290.4 3.15 5 800 1864 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.5 -6.4 1 10 284.5 285.0 278.0 292.7 2.88 6 750 2366 -8.8 -9.4 96 0.6 -9.0 319 14 287.0 287.4 278.8 294.3 2.50 7 700 2899 -10.6 -11.2 95 0.6 -10.8 298 17 290.8 291.2 280.3 297.7 2.32 8 650 3467 -13.0 -13.5 96 0.5 -13.2 275 20 294.2 294.6 281.5 300.5 2.07 9 600 4073 -16.4 -17.1 95 0.7 -16.6 258 26 297.1 297.4 282.3 302.3 1.67 10 550 4722 -20.8 -22.5 86 1.7 -21.1 257 26 299.4 299.6 282.6 303.1 1.14 11 500 5419 -26.2 -26.6 96 0.4 -26.3 253 25 301.1 301.2 283.0 303.9 0.87 12 450 6171 -32.4 -32.7 97 0.3 -32.4 246 28 302.6 302.7 283.1 304.4 0.54 13 400 6989 -39.6 -39.6 100 -0.0 -39.6 234 31 303.5 303.6 283.2 304.6 0.31 14 350 7886 -47.6 -47.6 100 0.0 -47.6 216 28 304.5 304.5 283.4 305.0 0.15 15 300 8899 -48.9 -61.5 22 12.6 -49.1 251 40 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.03 16 250 10096 -48.8 -69.5 7 20.7 -49.2 253 50 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.01 17 200 11559 -49.6 -77.0 3 27.4 -50.1 260 53 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 13432 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 255 56 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16051 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 271 54 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5322.22 m Freezing level: 976.32 mb = 289.64 m = 950.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 978.51 mb = 270.99 m = 889.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.80 % Est. max temperature: 7.96 C = 46.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.85 mb = 292.74 m = 960.41 ft T: -0.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.43 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 712.29 m = 2336.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.14 C = 35.85 F Cap Strength: 12.43 C Lifted Index: 13.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.77 C Showalter Index: 9.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 16.37 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17531.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.77 mb = 703.86 m = 2309.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.8 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 317.8 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -30.0 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 96.17 m/s