MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 43.62,-90.05 Latitude: 43.62 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 979 309 18.9 17.9 94 0.9 18.2 144 2 293.8 296.2 292.2 331.7 13.31 2 950 572 21.6 17.7 79 3.8 18.9 191 5 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.6 13.57 3 900 1041 19.5 16.0 81 3.4 17.1 239 8 301.6 303.9 294.1 339.4 12.83 4 850 1531 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.0 258 9 302.8 304.9 293.3 335.9 11.17 5 800 2044 12.8 8.9 77 4.0 10.4 273 11 304.8 306.5 292.2 331.7 8.96 6 750 2584 10.5 1.1 52 9.4 5.5 273 16 308.0 309.0 290.3 325.0 5.54 7 700 3155 6.6 -1.5 56 8.2 2.5 272 19 309.8 310.8 290.3 325.1 4.89 8 650 3759 2.1 -3.7 65 5.8 -0.7 278 19 311.3 312.2 290.4 325.4 4.48 9 600 4401 -0.9 -4.7 75 3.8 -2.7 298 16 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.4 4.49 10 550 5093 -3.7 -7.9 73 4.1 -5.6 315 18 319.6 320.4 292.3 332.2 3.85 11 500 5841 -7.2 -17.7 43 10.4 -10.9 321 21 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.7 1.91 12 450 6654 -12.6 -26.3 31 13.7 -16.2 331 29 327.5 327.7 292.0 331.0 1.00 13 400 7543 -18.1 -30.9 31 12.9 -20.8 316 31 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.2 0.73 14 350 8528 -24.7 -36.8 32 12.1 -26.6 308 33 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.3 0.47 15 300 9629 -33.8 -43.5 37 9.7 -34.8 329 37 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.8 0.27 16 250 10876 -44.8 -49.4 60 4.5 -45.1 330 38 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.1 0.17 17 200 12338 -53.6 -62.9 31 9.3 -53.8 330 35 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14138 -63.9 -71.6 34 7.7 -64.0 334 38 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.02 19 100 16595 -67.2 -81.9 11 14.8 -67.3 333 27 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.56 m Freezing level: 615.15 mb = 4206.59 m = 13800.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.80 mb = 3624.44 m = 11891.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.94 mb = 427.78 m = 1403.46 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1632.38 m = 5355.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.83 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 28.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.15 mb = 1183.21 m = 3881.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.15 mb = 3035.86 m = 9960.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.15 mb = 5530.80 m = 18145.44 ft B at Equ Level: 119.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 320.15 mb = 9164.42 m = 30066.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.2 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 320.2 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.42 Bulk Shear: 34.87 m/s