MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512201800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512201800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 25 DEC 25 Station: 41.8,-88.0 Latitude: 41.80 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 91 SFC 985 214 9.6 8.4 93 1.1 9.0 156 3 283.9 285.1 282.8 303.4 7.05 2 950 517 9.5 9.5 100 0.0 9.5 204 12 286.8 288.2 284.8 308.8 7.86 3 900 967 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 233 25 292.3 293.9 287.9 317.3 8.76 4 850 1445 12.2 -3.8 32 16.1 4.7 246 23 299.0 299.6 285.0 309.2 3.38 5 800 1952 11.9 -10.0 21 21.9 2.7 262 23 303.8 304.2 285.6 310.8 2.23 6 750 2489 8.6 -12.4 21 21.1 0.3 265 26 306.0 306.3 286.1 312.2 1.96 7 700 3054 4.4 -16.4 20 20.9 -3.0 259 30 307.4 307.7 286.1 312.3 1.51 8 650 3652 -0.0 -17.8 25 17.8 -6.0 260 34 308.9 309.2 286.6 313.7 1.45 9 600 4287 -4.2 -13.5 48 9.4 -7.6 264 41 311.3 311.7 288.3 318.6 2.24 10 550 4968 -8.6 -15.8 56 7.2 -11.1 263 47 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.6 2.02 11 500 5700 -13.2 -18.3 65 5.2 -14.7 262 52 317.0 317.3 289.7 323.0 1.80 12 450 6495 -17.9 -30.5 32 12.6 -20.5 263 56 320.7 320.8 289.7 323.1 0.67 13 400 7364 -25.0 -28.3 74 3.3 -25.6 274 61 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.8 0.93 14 350 8321 -32.0 -32.1 99 0.1 -32.0 281 72 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.74 15 300 9389 -40.7 -40.7 100 -0.0 -40.7 278 76 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.4 0.37 16 250 10606 -49.7 -55.7 49 6.0 -49.9 275 86 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 17 200 12030 -59.9 -65.1 50 5.2 -60.0 277 99 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.03 18 150 13800 -64.8 -74.9 24 10.1 -64.9 284 96 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16266 -68.7 -84.9 8 16.3 -68.8 285 79 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.46 m Freezing level: 650.22 mb = 3649.07 m = 11971.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.06 mb = 2531.71 m = 8306.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.67 mb = 355.04 m = 1164.82 ft T: 9.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.10 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 985.21 mb = 214.40 m = 703.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.17 C = 50.30 F Cap Strength: 9.10 C Lifted Index: 8.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.05 C Showalter Index: 9.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 9.31 C K Index: 0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9938.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.35 mb = 735.79 m = 2413.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 205.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 14.83 m/s