MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 43.96,-90.95 Latitude: 43.96 Longitude: -90.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 983 289 20.8 18.6 87 2.2 19.4 97 9 295.4 297.9 293.1 335.3 13.89 2 950 585 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 107 13 295.1 297.5 292.6 333.1 13.25 3 900 1048 17.5 15.8 90 1.7 16.4 143 11 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.5 12.64 4 850 1537 16.1 12.1 77 4.0 13.5 141 3 303.0 304.9 292.8 334.1 10.49 5 800 2050 12.5 10.4 87 2.1 11.2 288 7 304.5 306.3 292.9 334.2 9.94 6 750 2589 9.1 6.0 81 3.1 7.3 281 11 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.2 7.83 7 700 3159 6.9 -5.8 40 12.7 1.0 279 9 310.2 310.8 289.2 321.4 3.55 8 650 3764 4.4 -15.8 21 20.2 -3.2 283 7 313.9 314.2 288.6 319.6 1.71 9 600 4412 2.1 -21.5 15 23.7 -5.7 307 5 318.6 318.8 289.5 322.5 1.14 10 550 5110 -1.6 -23.3 17 21.7 -8.5 293 6 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.06 11 500 5860 -7.2 -25.4 22 18.1 -12.4 299 8 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.7 0.97 12 450 6672 -12.8 -28.9 25 16.1 -16.7 318 9 327.1 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.78 13 400 7558 -19.1 -38.4 16 19.3 -22.4 318 14 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.35 14 350 8540 -25.4 -47.0 11 21.6 -27.9 308 20 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.16 15 300 9637 -34.6 -50.2 19 15.6 -35.8 298 22 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.13 16 250 10882 -44.8 -55.8 28 11.1 -45.3 299 20 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 17 200 12338 -55.2 -59.9 56 4.7 -55.4 277 24 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.06 18 150 14137 -63.3 -72.4 28 9.1 -63.4 270 18 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16594 -67.6 -81.6 12 14.0 -67.7 297 19 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.79 m Freezing level: 571.71 mb = 4806.97 m = 15770.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.96 mb = 3300.56 m = 10828.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.77 mb = 559.95 m = 1837.07 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.52 mb = 1671.99 m = 5485.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: 2.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 22.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4341.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.80 mb = 908.00 m = 2978.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 312.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.6 neg: -5.2 tot: 56.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 49.88 m/s