MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511081800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511081800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 8 NOV 25 Station: 42.0,-87.9 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 986 212 7.2 2.5 72 4.7 5.0 61 7 281.5 282.2 278.8 294.4 4.65 2 950 519 3.7 1.6 86 2.2 2.7 65 10 281.0 281.7 278.4 293.5 4.51 3 900 955 -0.1 -0.1 100 0.0 -0.1 69 9 281.4 282.1 278.2 293.2 4.21 4 850 1411 -2.7 -2.8 100 0.1 -2.7 79 1 283.3 283.9 278.4 293.7 3.66 5 800 1890 -4.9 -4.9 100 0.0 -4.9 271 13 286.0 286.6 279.3 295.5 3.32 6 750 2397 -4.8 -13.6 50 8.8 -7.6 272 22 291.4 291.7 279.9 296.8 1.79 7 700 2937 -7.9 -10.7 80 2.8 -8.8 268 20 293.8 294.2 281.8 301.1 2.42 8 650 3511 -9.9 -10.4 96 0.5 -10.1 247 25 297.8 298.3 283.7 305.9 2.66 9 600 4125 -13.1 -13.6 96 0.5 -13.3 250 33 300.9 301.3 284.5 307.9 2.23 10 550 4782 -17.6 -17.7 99 0.2 -17.6 253 35 303.2 303.5 284.8 308.7 1.72 11 500 5488 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 253 34 305.5 305.7 285.1 309.6 1.25 12 450 6253 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.9 256 29 308.2 308.4 285.7 311.1 0.86 13 400 7088 -34.5 -34.5 100 -0.0 -34.5 252 27 310.1 310.2 286.0 311.9 0.51 14 350 8006 -41.9 -41.9 100 -0.0 -41.9 245 36 312.2 312.3 286.5 313.2 0.28 15 300 9030 -50.7 -50.7 100 0.0 -50.7 232 42 313.9 313.9 286.8 314.3 0.12 16 250 10196 -56.8 -63.8 41 6.9 -56.9 244 49 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.7 0.03 17 200 11615 -53.7 -74.4 6 20.7 -54.0 258 61 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13473 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 260 49 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16068 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 255 42 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5389.20 m Freezing level: 901.03 mb = 946.25 m = 3104.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 901.73 mb = 939.69 m = 3082.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.05 % Est. max temperature: 9.75 C = 49.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.15 mb = 794.15 m = 2605.45 ft T: 1.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 1.20 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 875.06 m = 2870.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.09 C = 44.76 F Cap Strength: 10.11 C Lifted Index: 11.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.49 C Showalter Index: 10.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 14.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.88 mb = 867.13 m = 2844.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.88 mb = 911.59 m = 2990.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 864.88 mb = 1272.37 m = 4174.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 824.88 mb = 1647.72 m = 5405.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.7 neg: -50.0 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 131.30 m/s