MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511171200F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511171200F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 20 NOV 25 Station: 41.6,-88.4 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 994 208 5.2 3.5 89 1.7 4.4 187 2 278.8 279.7 277.9 292.4 4.94 2 950 577 5.7 2.9 82 2.8 4.3 236 6 282.9 283.8 279.9 296.7 4.95 3 900 1019 4.9 2.1 82 2.8 3.5 265 12 286.5 287.4 281.5 300.5 4.95 4 850 1485 5.4 -0.2 67 5.6 2.8 284 20 291.8 292.6 283.3 304.7 4.44 5 800 1982 6.4 -4.0 48 10.3 1.7 288 29 297.9 298.6 284.8 308.7 3.56 6 750 2509 3.9 -5.1 52 9.0 -0.1 288 31 300.8 301.4 285.8 311.4 3.48 7 700 3066 0.1 -7.6 56 7.7 -3.1 286 32 302.6 303.2 286.1 312.2 3.08 8 650 3656 -3.7 -13.7 46 10.0 -7.2 283 34 304.8 305.1 285.8 311.2 2.04 9 600 4283 -7.3 -19.9 36 12.6 -11.0 278 35 307.7 307.9 286.0 312.0 1.31 10 550 4955 -11.9 -23.7 37 11.8 -14.9 273 38 310.0 310.2 286.5 313.4 1.03 11 500 5678 -16.2 -36.5 16 20.3 -19.6 270 43 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.4 0.34 12 450 6461 -22.6 -35.2 31 12.6 -24.5 275 44 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.4 0.43 13 400 7315 -29.0 -29.9 92 0.9 -29.2 272 69 317.3 317.5 288.8 320.1 0.80 14 350 8255 -35.7 -43.0 47 7.3 -36.3 266 74 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.5 0.25 15 300 9316 -40.9 -56.3 17 15.4 -41.6 269 98 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 16 250 10532 -49.9 -59.4 32 9.5 -50.1 271 112 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 17 200 11965 -56.2 -69.4 18 13.2 -56.4 269 99 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 18 150 13766 -62.5 -78.5 10 16.0 -62.6 273 89 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16257 -62.0 -84.8 3 22.8 -62.2 276 46 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5521.50 m Freezing level: 698.08 mb = 3088.80 m = 10133.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.68 mb = 2480.15 m = 8136.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.94 % Est. max temperature: 18.89 C = 66.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.93 mb = 423.57 m = 1389.63 ft T: 5.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3380.80 m = 11091.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Cap Strength: 13.28 C Lifted Index: 14.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.32 C Showalter Index: 9.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.66 C Cross Totals Index: 16.07 C K Index: 13.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 83.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14742.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.64 mb = 967.61 m = 3174.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 100.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 95.66 m/s