MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511200600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511200600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 21 NOV 25 Station: 42.2,-88.1 Latitude: 42.20 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 987 234 6.9 5.7 92 1.3 6.3 280 5 281.1 282.1 280.1 297.1 5.81 2 950 549 8.2 5.4 82 2.8 6.8 283 15 285.5 286.6 282.2 302.1 5.92 3 900 994 7.1 2.9 75 4.2 5.1 280 16 288.9 289.8 283.0 303.8 5.25 4 850 1465 7.1 -2.0 52 9.1 2.9 276 16 293.6 294.3 283.4 305.1 3.89 5 800 1961 5.1 -6.5 43 11.6 0.2 275 20 296.6 297.1 283.5 305.4 2.94 6 750 2485 2.6 -10.3 38 12.8 -2.4 274 26 299.4 299.8 284.0 306.6 2.33 7 700 3040 -0.1 -11.9 41 11.8 -4.5 270 33 302.3 302.7 285.0 309.2 2.19 8 650 3629 -3.7 -17.5 33 13.8 -8.1 268 36 304.8 305.1 285.2 309.6 1.49 9 600 4257 -7.2 -27.8 17 20.6 -12.1 275 37 307.8 307.9 285.3 310.0 0.65 10 550 4929 -11.7 -40.8 7 29.1 -16.3 283 37 310.2 310.2 285.7 310.9 0.20 11 500 5652 -15.7 -41.3 9 25.6 -19.4 288 44 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.7 0.21 12 450 6440 -20.6 -47.6 7 27.0 -23.7 288 48 317.3 317.3 288.0 317.7 0.12 13 400 7298 -27.9 -50.4 10 22.5 -29.8 289 50 318.7 318.7 288.4 319.1 0.09 14 350 8242 -34.8 -43.6 41 8.7 -35.6 283 61 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.6 0.23 15 300 9304 -41.4 -41.6 97 0.3 -41.4 271 93 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.33 16 250 10514 -52.1 -52.1 100 0.0 -52.1 261 108 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 17 200 11920 -61.0 -62.6 82 1.5 -61.1 273 106 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.04 18 150 13714 -59.7 -80.7 5 21.1 -59.9 285 74 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16246 -61.5 -84.7 3 23.2 -61.7 292 43 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5527.20 m Freezing level: 702.29 mb = 3014.93 m = 9891.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 796.21 mb = 2000.02 m = 6561.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.27 % Est. max temperature: 20.10 C = 68.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.91 mb = 394.22 m = 1293.36 ft T: 7.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 986.8- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.89 mb = 2893.60 m = 9493.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 10.19 C Lifted Index: 11.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.23 C Showalter Index: 9.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 13.73 C K Index: 9.04 Risk: None Sweat Index: 76.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13465.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.37 mb = 1073.57 m = 3522.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 9.50 m/s