MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511200600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511200600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 126 SFC 987 235 6.0 4.8 92 1.2 5.4 334 5 280.2 281.1 279.2 295.2 5.47 2 950 548 6.8 3.8 81 3.0 5.4 330 16 284.1 285.0 280.8 298.9 5.31 3 900 992 6.7 1.4 69 5.3 4.1 305 15 288.4 289.3 282.1 301.9 4.70 4 850 1462 7.1 -2.9 49 10.1 2.5 285 19 293.6 294.2 283.1 304.3 3.62 5 800 1959 4.9 -5.7 46 10.7 0.4 282 23 296.4 297.0 283.7 305.8 3.12 6 750 2482 2.3 -9.4 42 11.6 -2.3 279 26 299.0 299.5 284.1 306.7 2.50 7 700 3037 -0.3 -13.4 36 13.1 -5.0 271 31 302.2 302.5 284.7 308.3 1.94 8 650 3626 -3.2 -20.9 24 17.6 -8.4 268 34 305.3 305.5 284.9 309.0 1.11 9 600 4255 -6.4 -37.8 6 31.4 -12.3 272 31 308.7 308.8 285.2 309.6 0.25 10 550 4928 -11.2 -37.4 9 26.3 -15.8 274 32 310.8 310.9 286.0 311.8 0.28 11 500 5654 -15.0 -42.7 7 27.7 -19.0 279 36 314.7 314.8 287.2 315.4 0.18 12 450 6442 -20.4 -46.6 8 26.2 -23.4 283 37 317.6 317.6 288.1 318.1 0.13 13 400 7302 -27.4 -48.9 11 21.5 -29.3 283 38 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.8 0.11 14 350 8250 -32.7 -37.5 62 4.8 -33.3 287 67 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.43 15 300 9316 -41.3 -41.3 100 0.0 -41.3 271 79 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.34 16 250 10524 -52.5 -52.6 100 0.0 -52.5 257 88 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.12 17 200 11933 -60.2 -62.0 79 1.8 -60.3 275 88 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13734 -60.2 -79.2 7 19.0 -60.4 303 65 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16263 -60.7 -84.6 3 23.8 -61.0 289 41 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5527.34 m Freezing level: 705.71 mb = 2973.26 m = 9754.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.11 mb = 2028.72 m = 6655.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.39 % Est. max temperature: 20.06 C = 68.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.34 mb = 382.09 m = 1253.55 ft T: 6.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 680.27 mb = 3263.85 m = 10708.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Cap Strength: 12.37 C Lifted Index: 14.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.41 C Showalter Index: 11.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 12.07 C K Index: 6.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14109.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.57 mb = 1134.06 m = 3720.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.1 neg: -20.3 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 11.12 m/s