MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 42.00,-88.58 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 980 266 21.5 12.4 56 9.2 15.8 212 3 296.4 298.0 289.7 323.1 9.24 2 950 539 24.3 11.0 43 13.3 15.9 244 5 301.8 303.4 291.0 327.6 8.70 3 900 1009 19.9 10.0 53 10.0 13.7 261 6 302.0 303.6 291.0 327.5 8.57 4 850 1498 15.2 9.0 67 6.2 11.4 268 7 302.1 303.7 291.0 327.5 8.53 5 800 2008 10.4 7.8 83 2.7 8.9 281 7 302.3 303.8 290.9 327.0 8.31 6 750 2543 7.5 1.1 64 6.5 4.1 306 9 304.7 305.7 289.2 321.5 5.51 7 700 3108 4.7 -5.3 49 9.9 0.1 304 11 307.6 308.3 288.5 319.1 3.69 8 650 3708 1.0 -10.2 43 11.2 -3.6 304 13 310.1 310.6 288.3 318.7 2.70 9 600 4347 -2.1 -24.3 16 22.2 -8.5 316 15 313.6 313.8 287.6 316.7 0.89 10 550 5035 -3.6 -35.7 6 32.1 -10.8 355 16 319.8 319.9 289.0 321.0 0.33 11 500 5782 -8.2 -36.5 8 28.2 -14.1 12 18 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.3 0.34 12 450 6590 -14.2 -36.2 14 22.0 -18.4 15 21 325.4 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.38 13 400 7470 -21.2 -42.4 13 21.3 -24.1 9 22 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.4 0.23 14 350 8441 -28.4 -51.8 9 23.4 -30.5 8 21 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 15 300 9526 -36.8 -55.9 12 19.1 -37.9 6 20 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.07 16 250 10762 -46.3 -60.0 20 13.7 -46.8 5 19 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12211 -55.2 -65.6 26 10.5 -55.4 343 17 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14018 -61.2 -78.4 9 17.2 -61.3 337 20 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16499 -65.0 -84.1 6 19.1 -65.1 286 18 402.1 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.75 m Freezing level: 634.34 mb = 3908.22 m = 12822.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.94 mb = 3120.61 m = 10238.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.07 mb = 1437.15 m = 4714.99 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.20 mb = 2540.66 m = 8335.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 17.26 C K Index: 22.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5929.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.25 mb = 2120.10 m = 6955.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.9 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 354.9 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 18.68 m/s