MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511200600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511200600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 20 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 173 SFC 998 193 6.1 4.1 87 2.0 5.1 162 3 279.4 280.3 278.4 293.5 5.15 2 950 592 3.6 3.2 97 0.4 3.4 203 7 280.8 281.7 279.0 294.8 5.07 3 900 1030 2.5 1.6 94 0.9 2.1 226 7 284.1 284.9 280.2 297.5 4.77 4 850 1492 3.9 -1.3 69 5.2 1.5 271 13 290.2 290.9 282.2 302.0 4.08 5 800 1988 7.5 -9.8 28 17.3 0.5 288 24 299.2 299.6 283.8 306.2 2.27 6 750 2519 5.9 -11.6 27 17.5 -0.9 294 26 303.0 303.4 285.2 309.6 2.09 7 700 3079 1.9 -12.0 35 13.9 -3.4 291 26 304.6 305.0 285.8 311.5 2.18 8 650 3671 -2.7 -15.3 37 12.5 -7.0 284 27 305.9 306.2 285.9 311.6 1.79 9 600 4300 -7.6 -16.4 49 8.8 -10.4 283 31 307.3 307.6 286.4 313.0 1.77 10 550 4971 -12.5 -17.2 68 4.7 -13.9 275 36 309.3 309.6 287.1 315.1 1.81 11 500 5690 -17.9 -17.9 100 0.0 -17.9 265 35 311.2 311.6 287.9 317.3 1.87 12 450 6473 -21.7 -23.1 88 1.5 -22.0 269 53 316.0 316.3 288.9 320.5 1.32 13 400 7330 -28.2 -28.9 94 0.7 -28.3 263 64 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.3 0.88 14 350 8272 -36.0 -36.0 100 -0.0 -36.0 265 78 320.1 320.2 289.3 322.0 0.50 15 300 9323 -42.8 -54.7 26 12.0 -43.3 269 95 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.08 16 250 10533 -50.8 -58.7 39 7.9 -51.1 276 100 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.06 17 200 11967 -55.6 -70.7 14 15.1 -55.8 267 99 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.8 0.01 18 150 13759 -63.3 -78.0 12 14.7 -63.4 276 92 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16259 -62.3 -84.8 3 22.4 -62.5 275 43 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5516.64 m Freezing level: 679.43 mb = 3322.60 m = 10900.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.33 mb = 2182.47 m = 7160.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.53 % Est. max temperature: 17.25 C = 63.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.02 mb = 438.67 m = 1439.18 ft T: 4.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 997.6- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.64 mb = 3590.03 m = 11778.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Cap Strength: 14.37 C Lifted Index: 14.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.14 C Showalter Index: 9.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.54 C K Index: 6.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 61.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15688.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.17 mb = 736.89 m = 2417.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.2 neg: -3.3 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 12.83 m/s