MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 26 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-88.0 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 983 211 0.7 -4.7 67 5.4 -1.3 264 20 275.2 275.6 272.8 282.8 2.74 2 950 486 -2.8 -5.8 80 2.9 -3.8 269 40 274.3 274.7 272.0 281.5 2.61 3 900 911 -6.8 -7.4 96 0.6 -7.0 274 47 274.5 274.9 271.8 281.2 2.43 4 850 1354 -10.4 -10.5 100 0.1 -10.4 283 51 275.3 275.6 271.7 280.9 2.03 5 800 1820 -11.6 -12.5 93 0.9 -11.8 286 47 278.8 279.1 273.5 284.0 1.83 6 750 2314 -12.6 -14.7 85 2.1 -13.2 287 48 282.8 283.1 275.4 287.6 1.63 7 700 2838 -14.5 -18.4 72 3.9 -15.4 281 45 286.4 286.7 276.8 290.3 1.28 8 650 3397 -17.3 -20.5 76 3.2 -18.0 275 50 289.4 289.6 278.1 292.9 1.15 9 600 3994 -19.6 -25.7 59 6.1 -20.7 275 47 293.4 293.5 279.5 295.9 0.79 10 550 4634 -24.2 -33.4 42 9.3 -25.4 270 49 295.4 295.5 279.9 296.8 0.41 11 500 5322 -29.4 -35.8 54 6.4 -30.1 268 51 297.2 297.3 280.6 298.4 0.36 12 450 6064 -35.7 -39.8 66 4.0 -36.0 269 54 298.3 298.4 281.0 299.3 0.27 13 400 6873 -40.3 -51.8 28 11.6 -40.8 268 56 302.7 302.7 282.5 302.9 0.08 14 350 7785 -39.3 -64.5 5 25.2 -40.1 260 64 315.8 315.8 287.3 315.8 0.02 15 300 8837 -41.4 -68.6 4 27.2 -42.2 257 67 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.01 16 250 10063 -44.9 -71.9 3 27.0 -45.5 259 68 339.4 339.4 294.1 339.4 0.01 17 200 11547 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.8 260 67 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 18 150 13433 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 249 62 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16047 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 243 49 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5245.29 m Freezing level: 976.73 mb = 265.75 m = 871.89 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.49 % Est. max temperature: 1.94 C = 35.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.28 mb = 874.09 m = 2867.71 ft T: -6.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 1.82 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 913.05 m = 2995.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.01 C = 32.01 F Cap Strength: 12.49 C Lifted Index: 13.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 32.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.00 C Showalter Index: 13.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.01 C Cross Totals Index: 18.95 C K Index: 4.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.77 mb = 922.00 m = 3024.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.77 mb = 965.25 m = 3166.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 833.77 mb = 1502.45 m = 4929.22 ft B at Equ Level: 5.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 813.77 mb = 1688.83 m = 5540.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 47.9 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.1 neg: -28.8 tot: 195.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 6.79 m/s