MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511081800F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511081800F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 10 NOV 25 Station: 42.5,-87.2 Latitude: 42.50 Longitude: -87.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 997 175 2.2 -1.8 75 4.0 0.6 347 23 275.6 276.1 273.9 284.8 3.36 2 950 561 -2.8 -6.5 76 3.6 -4.1 352 26 274.3 274.7 271.8 281.2 2.48 3 900 986 -6.5 -8.1 89 1.6 -7.0 357 26 274.8 275.2 271.8 281.2 2.30 4 850 1430 -10.0 -10.5 96 0.5 -10.1 2 25 275.7 276.0 271.9 281.4 2.02 5 800 1893 -13.6 -13.8 99 0.2 -13.6 11 25 276.7 276.9 271.9 281.4 1.65 6 750 2381 -16.7 -16.9 98 0.2 -16.7 24 27 278.5 278.7 272.5 282.4 1.35 7 700 2895 -20.4 -20.6 98 0.2 -20.4 30 25 279.9 280.1 272.9 283.0 1.06 8 650 3439 -24.6 -25.2 95 0.5 -24.7 37 20 281.1 281.2 273.1 283.4 0.76 9 600 4016 -29.5 -29.8 97 0.3 -29.5 41 15 282.0 282.1 273.2 283.6 0.54 10 550 4629 -35.0 -35.0 100 -0.0 -35.0 38 8 282.5 282.6 273.2 283.6 0.35 11 500 5285 -40.9 -40.8 100 -0.0 -40.8 197 6 283.2 283.3 273.4 283.9 0.22 12 450 5997 -43.1 -46.2 72 3.0 -43.3 206 25 289.0 289.1 276.4 289.5 0.13 13 400 6789 -43.5 -56.9 21 13.4 -43.9 212 29 298.4 298.5 280.7 298.6 0.04 14 350 7684 -45.0 -62.0 13 17.0 -45.4 222 21 308.0 308.0 284.6 308.1 0.03 15 300 8710 -46.1 -64.5 11 18.4 -46.6 230 17 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.4 0.02 16 250 9924 -45.7 -72.4 3 26.7 -46.4 249 18 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 17 200 11407 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.2 259 22 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13306 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 244 23 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 15948 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -54.1 231 28 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5133.99 m Freezing level: 976.43 mb = 344.13 m = 1129.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 990.99 mb = 223.80 m = 734.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.71 % Est. max temperature: 2.38 C = 36.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.97 mb = 669.45 m = 2196.33 ft T: -3.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 970.74 m = 3184.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.39 C = 34.50 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 61.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.88 C Cross Totals Index: 30.38 C K Index: 20.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.89 mb = 969.59 m = 3181.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.89 mb = 1012.95 m = 3323.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.89 mb = 2212.77 m = 7259.65 ft B at Equ Level: 12.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 696.89 mb = 2928.01 m = 9606.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 15.5 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 45.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 16.36 m/s