MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511261200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511261200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 1 DEC 25 Station: 41.5,-88.0 Latitude: 41.50 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 204 -11.2 -12.9 87 1.7 -11.6 299 3 261.5 261.7 261.2 265.3 1.41 1 1000 250 -11.8 -13.9 84 2.1 -12.3 306 3 261.3 261.5 260.9 264.8 1.30 2 950 642 -10.8 -18.4 54 7.5 -12.4 341 3 266.2 266.3 263.8 268.8 0.95 3 900 1058 -10.0 -25.7 26 15.7 -12.8 300 5 271.2 271.3 266.5 272.7 0.52 4 850 1500 -9.1 -37.3 8 28.2 -13.0 280 8 276.6 276.6 269.4 277.2 0.18 5 800 1968 -9.3 -40.9 6 31.6 -13.4 267 10 281.3 281.3 272.1 281.7 0.13 6 750 2465 -10.9 -42.6 5 31.7 -14.8 255 12 284.8 284.8 274.1 285.2 0.12 7 700 2992 -13.6 -44.3 6 30.7 -17.1 249 14 287.4 287.4 275.5 287.8 0.11 8 650 3551 -18.0 -21.0 78 2.9 -18.6 250 14 288.6 288.8 277.6 292.0 1.10 9 600 4148 -19.2 -19.2 100 0.0 -19.3 253 30 293.9 294.1 280.5 298.2 1.39 10 550 4792 -21.3 -21.4 100 0.0 -21.4 257 41 298.8 299.0 282.5 302.8 1.26 11 500 5492 -24.4 -24.4 100 0.0 -24.4 260 50 303.3 303.5 284.1 306.8 1.06 12 450 6250 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 263 61 305.2 305.4 284.4 307.5 0.69 13 400 7077 -36.1 -36.1 100 -0.0 -36.1 259 79 308.0 308.1 285.1 309.6 0.44 14 350 7990 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 261 92 310.0 310.1 285.7 310.9 0.23 15 300 9008 -51.2 -51.2 100 0.0 -51.2 257 103 313.2 313.2 286.6 313.6 0.11 16 250 10174 -57.7 -58.3 92 0.7 -57.7 260 120 320.3 320.4 288.9 320.6 0.06 17 200 11573 -59.4 -72.9 16 13.5 -59.6 265 99 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 18 150 13382 -58.4 -81.3 4 22.8 -58.7 262 84 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 15938 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 269 51 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5241.79 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 3.24 C = 37.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.71 mb = 414.48 m = 1359.83 ft T: -11.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.32 C/km ThetaE index: 0.43 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 488.77 mb = 5655.14 m = 18553.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 25.83 C Lifted Index: 28.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 31.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 18.20 C Showalter Index: 21.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 2.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.25 C Cross Totals Index: -12.94 C K Index: -52.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 66.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23804.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 28.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.66 mb = 1484.48 m = 4870.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -8.6 tot: 23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 11.38 m/s