MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511191200F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511191200F066.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 22 NOV 25 Station: 41.5,-88.5 Latitude: 41.50 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 122 SFC 991 193 6.2 3.5 83 2.7 4.9 38 7 280.1 280.9 278.5 293.7 4.96 2 950 540 3.2 1.7 90 1.5 2.5 46 15 280.4 281.2 278.1 293.0 4.54 3 900 977 2.8 -0.1 81 2.9 1.5 30 15 284.4 285.1 279.7 296.2 4.21 4 850 1442 2.9 2.2 95 0.8 2.5 9 10 289.2 290.1 283.1 304.3 5.26 5 800 1931 0.7 0.6 99 0.1 0.6 290 4 291.9 292.7 283.9 306.3 4.98 6 750 2448 -1.0 -1.0 100 0.1 -1.0 268 15 295.5 296.4 285.1 309.5 4.73 7 700 2997 -3.5 -3.7 99 0.2 -3.6 273 19 298.6 299.3 285.7 311.0 4.16 8 650 3580 -6.5 -6.8 97 0.3 -6.6 287 20 301.7 302.3 286.2 312.5 3.53 9 600 4203 -8.4 -9.4 92 1.0 -8.8 291 18 306.4 307.0 287.5 316.2 3.13 10 550 4875 -11.7 -12.3 96 0.6 -11.9 290 14 310.2 310.7 288.3 318.9 2.71 11 500 5599 -16.5 -16.5 100 0.0 -16.5 305 15 312.9 313.3 288.7 319.8 2.10 12 450 6382 -22.3 -23.0 94 0.7 -22.5 296 14 315.2 315.5 288.6 319.7 1.34 13 400 7237 -28.5 -34.6 56 6.1 -29.3 265 6 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.8 0.51 14 350 8179 -35.6 -43.6 44 8.0 -36.2 250 2 320.7 320.8 289.2 321.6 0.23 15 300 9238 -40.8 -56.3 17 15.4 -41.6 262 27 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 16 250 10472 -42.9 -68.2 5 25.3 -43.7 264 52 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 17 200 11973 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -46.0 265 66 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 18 150 13849 -55.9 -83.9 2 28.0 -56.3 263 56 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16345 -66.7 -84.6 6 17.9 -66.8 294 39 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5477.03 m Freezing level: 779.68 mb = 2141.06 m = 7024.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 780.86 mb = 2124.98 m = 6971.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.72 % Est. max temperature: 15.79 C = 60.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.10 mb = 530.64 m = 1740.94 ft T: 3.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.12 mb = 2683.58 m = 8804.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.94 C = 73.30 F Cap Strength: 15.42 C Lifted Index: 16.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.29 C Showalter Index: 9.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.65 C K Index: 21.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 60.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16635.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.63 mb = 900.09 m = 2953.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 332.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: -29.7 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 10.61 m/s