MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 42.29,-90.53 Latitude: 42.29 Longitude: -90.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 981 250 22.9 14.9 60 8.0 17.7 205 6 297.7 299.7 291.6 329.4 10.91 2 950 528 20.9 13.5 63 7.4 16.1 192 13 298.4 300.2 291.3 328.4 10.30 3 900 993 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 178 16 298.7 300.5 291.3 328.4 10.16 4 850 1477 12.9 11.0 88 2.0 11.7 171 20 299.7 301.5 291.2 328.2 9.73 5 800 1985 9.8 8.5 91 1.3 9.0 178 24 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.5 8.73 6 750 2519 6.8 5.8 93 1.0 6.2 195 22 304.0 305.4 290.9 327.2 7.72 7 700 3084 3.8 3.4 97 0.4 3.6 216 22 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.0 7.00 8 650 3684 0.7 0.6 99 0.1 0.7 218 26 309.8 311.0 291.4 328.8 6.16 9 600 4324 -2.5 -2.6 99 0.1 -2.5 214 26 313.3 314.3 291.7 329.9 5.29 10 550 5011 -5.9 -6.8 93 0.9 -6.3 205 28 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.6 4.18 11 500 5751 -10.4 -15.4 67 5.0 -12.2 199 30 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.0 2.30 12 450 6555 -15.7 -26.7 38 11.0 -18.4 197 35 323.5 323.7 290.8 326.9 0.96 13 400 7433 -21.6 -34.3 31 12.7 -23.9 191 33 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.52 14 350 8402 -29.1 -43.9 23 14.8 -30.7 195 35 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.22 15 300 9482 -38.3 -49.1 32 10.7 -39.1 200 30 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 16 250 10705 -49.2 -51.6 76 2.4 -49.3 183 37 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.13 17 200 12137 -58.4 -61.7 65 3.3 -58.4 208 38 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.05 18 150 13939 -58.0 -78.7 5 20.7 -58.3 219 42 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16448 -61.9 -83.6 4 21.6 -62.1 240 16 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.36 m Freezing level: 638.53 mb = 3830.71 m = 12567.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.50 mb = 3814.10 m = 12513.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.37 mb = 1266.98 m = 4156.70 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.20 mb = 1725.42 m = 5660.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 33.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5892.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.38 mb = 1463.71 m = 4802.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 20.86 m/s