MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 46.13,-88.47 Latitude: 46.13 Longitude: -88.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 958 459 26.2 15.6 52 10.6 19.1 168 8 303.0 305.2 293.7 337.7 11.69 2 950 535 25.5 14.5 51 11.0 18.2 173 14 303.0 305.1 293.2 335.7 10.99 3 900 1007 21.2 12.8 59 8.3 15.7 186 21 303.3 305.2 292.9 334.2 10.39 4 850 1501 20.4 7.8 44 12.6 12.7 220 35 307.5 309.0 292.1 331.3 7.83 5 800 2023 18.1 3.8 39 14.3 9.8 232 41 310.4 311.6 291.7 329.9 6.28 6 750 2571 13.5 1.9 45 11.6 7.0 246 39 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.4 5.84 7 700 3147 8.8 -1.4 49 10.1 3.5 257 35 312.2 313.1 291.1 327.8 4.95 8 650 3754 4.0 -8.0 41 11.9 -1.4 260 30 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.8 3.23 9 600 4400 -0.5 -15.4 31 14.9 -6.0 259 28 315.6 315.9 289.3 322.0 1.92 10 550 5087 -6.4 -15.9 47 9.5 -9.8 256 29 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.1 2.01 11 500 5824 -12.1 -27.5 26 15.4 -15.8 255 31 318.3 318.5 289.1 321.1 0.80 12 450 6621 -17.4 -33.7 23 16.3 -20.4 259 30 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.1 0.49 13 400 7492 -23.7 -35.1 34 11.4 -25.5 271 37 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.48 14 350 8452 -31.8 -33.1 88 1.3 -32.0 274 42 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.3 0.67 15 300 9522 -40.0 -40.3 97 0.3 -40.1 276 53 329.0 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.38 16 250 10738 -50.3 -50.8 94 0.5 -50.4 282 56 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.14 17 200 12162 -59.3 -61.5 75 2.2 -59.3 279 55 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 18 150 13956 -60.9 -78.0 9 17.0 -61.1 271 44 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16449 -63.3 -83.5 5 20.2 -63.4 275 38 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.93 m Freezing level: 605.29 mb = 4331.26 m = 14209.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3576.60 m = 11734.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.03 C = 91.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.27 mb = 1807.57 m = 5930.26 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.78 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3158.22 m = 10361.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.86 C K Index: 30.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 353.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.33 mb = 2190.82 m = 7187.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.33 mb = 4541.37 m = 14899.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.33 mb = 11288.55 m = 37035.48 ft B at Equ Level: 644.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.33 mb = 13579.88 m = 44552.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 417.0 neg: -1.4 tot: 415.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 6.08 Bulk Shear: 106.55 m/s