MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511061200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511061200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 6 NOV 25 Station: 41.1,-87.8 Latitude: 41.10 Longitude: -87.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 198 SFC 1000 202 4.6 -5.4 48 10.0 0.8 268 1 277.7 278.2 273.9 284.9 2.55 2 950 620 7.1 -7.0 36 14.0 1.6 38 1 284.4 284.8 277.3 291.2 2.38 3 900 1061 3.9 -10.3 35 14.2 -1.2 324 3 285.6 285.9 277.3 291.2 1.94 4 850 1524 3.1 -19.4 17 22.6 -3.4 309 12 289.4 289.6 277.9 292.4 0.96 5 800 2014 2.6 -25.5 10 28.2 -4.7 309 21 293.9 294.1 279.5 295.9 0.60 6 750 2533 0.3 -32.1 7 32.3 -6.9 305 26 296.8 296.9 280.4 298.0 0.35 7 700 3082 -3.2 -34.7 7 31.5 -9.5 299 30 298.9 298.9 281.3 299.9 0.29 8 650 3665 -5.1 -41.1 4 36.0 -11.3 295 35 303.2 303.2 282.9 303.8 0.16 9 600 4291 -7.6 -44.0 4 36.4 -13.3 287 41 307.3 307.3 284.5 307.8 0.13 10 550 4963 -11.2 -27.4 25 16.2 -14.9 283 44 310.8 310.9 286.5 313.3 0.73 11 500 5688 -15.5 -16.8 90 1.3 -15.9 291 41 314.1 314.5 289.0 320.9 2.06 12 450 6477 -19.7 -25.1 62 5.4 -21.0 300 41 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.3 1.11 13 400 7342 -25.1 -33.0 48 7.9 -26.4 300 50 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.59 14 350 8299 -31.9 -49.4 16 17.5 -33.3 294 57 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.12 15 300 9366 -41.6 -55.8 20 14.2 -42.2 294 56 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.07 16 250 10573 -52.3 -55.9 64 3.7 -52.4 296 67 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.08 17 200 11978 -62.7 -65.8 66 3.1 -62.7 302 74 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.03 18 150 13745 -61.7 -76.1 13 14.4 -61.9 290 77 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16231 -64.7 -84.3 5 19.6 -64.8 292 66 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.95 m Freezing level: 746.40 mb = 2573.00 m = 8441.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 920.92 mb = 873.48 m = 2865.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.35 % Est. max temperature: 16.29 C = 61.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.30 mb = 1464.33 m = 4804.16 ft T: 3.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.01 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.98 mb = 5673.44 m = 18613.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.89 C = 105.60 F Cap Strength: 19.26 C Lifted Index: 20.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.55 C Showalter Index: 18.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.64 C Cross Totals Index: -3.94 C K Index: -32.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 65.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17235.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.39 mb = 2276.00 m = 7467.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 5.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -11.9 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 95.60 m/s