MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 44.66,-91.42 Latitude: 44.66 Longitude: -91.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 974 305 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 263 9 289.0 290.8 287.6 316.6 9.82 2 950 513 12.1 12.1 100 0.0 12.1 268 16 289.5 291.1 287.3 315.8 9.35 3 900 966 12.3 12.1 99 0.1 12.2 226 16 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.6 9.93 4 850 1446 11.0 10.9 99 0.2 10.9 196 22 297.7 299.5 290.5 325.8 9.65 5 800 1951 8.8 7.9 94 0.8 8.3 195 24 300.5 302.0 290.4 325.3 8.41 6 750 2484 6.0 4.7 91 1.3 5.3 207 25 303.1 304.4 290.2 324.6 7.18 7 700 3047 2.8 1.7 92 1.2 2.2 217 28 305.6 306.8 290.1 324.4 6.17 8 650 3644 -0.8 -1.4 95 0.6 -1.1 219 31 308.1 309.1 290.1 324.4 5.30 9 600 4280 -3.8 -5.1 91 1.2 -4.4 218 37 311.7 312.5 290.4 325.5 4.38 10 550 4964 -7.0 -8.8 87 1.8 -7.8 208 41 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.3 3.58 11 500 5702 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 207 42 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.3 3.08 12 450 6502 -16.7 -17.1 97 0.4 -16.9 212 39 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.7 2.22 13 400 7376 -22.9 -22.9 100 0.0 -22.9 207 34 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.5 1.52 14 350 8341 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 201 37 327.8 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.88 15 300 9417 -39.0 -41.3 78 2.4 -39.2 200 40 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.34 16 250 10639 -49.2 -52.6 67 3.5 -49.3 198 46 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12062 -61.2 -61.3 98 0.1 -61.2 197 42 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 18 150 13851 -56.2 -78.9 4 22.8 -56.5 235 55 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16404 -61.6 -83.9 4 22.3 -61.9 230 25 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.95 m Freezing level: 660.97 mb = 3512.81 m = 11524.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3439.96 m = 11285.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.83 % Est. max temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.39 mb = 368.65 m = 1209.46 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.43 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.83 mb = 426.00 m = 1397.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.94 C = 57.09 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8709.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.71 mb = 775.55 m = 2544.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.3 neg: -19.4 tot: 59.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 69.21 m/s