MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511271200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511271200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 27 NOV 25 Station: 41.8,-87.8 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -87.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 997 203 -1.9 -7.6 65 5.7 -3.7 297 14 271.5 271.8 269.5 277.4 2.16 2 950 588 -6.2 -9.1 79 3.0 -7.1 302 26 270.9 271.3 269.0 276.5 2.01 3 900 1008 -9.8 -10.7 93 0.9 -10.1 311 30 271.4 271.7 269.0 276.6 1.87 4 850 1447 -10.9 -15.5 69 4.6 -12.1 321 32 274.7 274.9 270.2 278.5 1.34 5 800 1912 -12.2 -19.2 56 7.0 -13.7 319 34 278.1 278.3 271.9 281.2 1.05 6 750 2403 -14.2 -27.8 31 13.6 -16.4 316 36 281.2 281.3 272.8 282.8 0.52 7 700 2924 -17.0 -36.2 17 19.2 -19.4 314 39 283.7 283.7 273.7 284.5 0.25 8 650 3476 -19.9 -42.0 12 22.0 -22.1 309 43 286.4 286.5 275.0 286.9 0.15 9 600 4066 -22.3 -42.3 14 20.0 -24.2 304 50 290.3 290.4 277.1 290.9 0.15 10 550 4703 -24.5 -40.7 21 16.2 -26.1 298 57 295.0 295.0 279.4 295.7 0.20 11 500 5392 -28.1 -40.1 31 12.1 -29.2 293 57 298.8 298.8 281.1 299.6 0.23 12 450 6139 -33.8 -44.3 34 10.5 -34.5 289 55 300.8 300.8 281.9 301.4 0.17 13 400 6955 -38.8 -52.0 24 13.2 -39.4 283 55 304.6 304.6 283.3 304.9 0.08 14 350 7860 -44.4 -58.3 20 13.9 -44.8 283 52 308.9 308.9 284.9 309.0 0.04 15 300 8879 -50.3 -62.5 22 12.2 -50.5 285 48 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.6 0.03 16 250 10059 -52.5 -66.8 16 14.3 -52.7 280 48 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.02 17 200 11509 -50.6 -75.2 4 24.6 -51.0 272 47 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13376 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 275 47 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 15982 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -55.0 274 31 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5208.64 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.42 % Est. max temperature: 1.50 C = 34.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.73 mb = 906.99 m = 2975.65 ft T: -8.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1047.76 m = 3437.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.01 g/kg Conv temperature: -1.67 C = 28.99 F Cap Strength: 15.95 C Lifted Index: 18.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.19 C Showalter Index: 17.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.14 C Cross Totals Index: 12.57 C K Index: -17.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21050.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.92 mb = 991.02 m = 3251.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 10.96 m/s