MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F099.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 99 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 DEC 25 Station: 41.8,-88.2 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 991 224 -6.9 -12.4 65 5.5 -8.3 311 17 267.0 267.2 265.4 271.1 1.49 2 950 550 -11.3 -13.4 84 2.1 -11.8 317 31 265.7 266.0 264.4 269.7 1.43 3 900 962 -14.9 -14.9 100 0.0 -14.9 325 35 266.1 266.4 264.5 269.8 1.33 4 850 1395 -12.5 -14.1 88 1.6 -12.9 339 37 273.0 273.3 269.4 277.3 1.50 5 800 1860 -10.6 -13.1 81 2.6 -11.3 329 39 279.9 280.2 273.9 284.9 1.74 6 750 2357 -11.1 -15.2 72 4.1 -12.2 322 42 284.5 284.8 276.2 289.1 1.56 7 700 2884 -14.0 -18.6 68 4.6 -15.1 323 46 286.9 287.2 277.0 290.7 1.26 8 650 3441 -18.4 -20.4 84 2.1 -18.8 325 46 288.2 288.4 277.5 291.7 1.16 9 600 4034 -22.9 -26.6 72 3.7 -23.5 328 47 289.6 289.7 277.6 291.8 0.72 10 550 4665 -27.0 -35.2 46 8.1 -27.9 331 51 292.0 292.1 278.2 293.2 0.35 11 500 5348 -29.5 -53.1 8 23.6 -30.9 325 60 297.0 297.0 280.1 297.2 0.05 12 450 6096 -31.2 -58.3 5 27.1 -32.6 316 63 304.0 304.0 283.1 304.1 0.03 13 400 6927 -33.2 -62.0 4 28.8 -34.5 301 69 311.8 311.8 286.0 311.9 0.02 14 350 7857 -37.9 -63.5 5 25.6 -38.8 298 74 317.7 317.7 288.0 317.8 0.02 15 300 8908 -42.5 -63.6 8 21.1 -43.2 277 73 325.4 325.4 290.4 325.5 0.02 16 250 10127 -46.7 -70.5 5 23.8 -47.3 264 81 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.01 17 200 11593 -49.9 -77.8 2 28.0 -50.4 265 88 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.00 18 150 13471 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 263 77 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16058 -58.1 -85.6 2 27.5 -58.5 270 65 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5194.38 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.08 % Est. max temperature: 0.36 C = 32.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.40 mb = 899.57 m = 2951.30 ft T: -14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 869.91 m = 2854.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.41 g/kg Conv temperature: -7.78 C = 18.00 F Cap Strength: 18.82 C Lifted Index: 22.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 39.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.41 C Showalter Index: 16.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.00 C Cross Totals Index: 15.39 C K Index: -1.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 132.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.93 mb = 886.72 m = 2909.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.93 mb = 928.72 m = 3046.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 893.93 mb = 1013.21 m = 3324.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 883.93 mb = 1098.53 m = 3604.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.0 at 45.9 knts Storm direction: 355.0 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 151.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 10.18 m/s