MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 42.96,-85.47 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -85.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 991 242 17.7 12.2 70 5.5 14.3 62 5 291.6 293.2 287.8 317.2 9.02 2 950 611 22.5 10.7 47 11.8 15.2 69 10 300.0 301.6 290.3 325.2 8.54 3 900 1079 19.4 10.6 56 8.9 13.9 62 5 301.5 303.2 291.2 328.0 8.93 4 850 1568 15.2 8.9 66 6.3 11.4 125 1 302.1 303.6 290.9 327.1 8.43 5 800 2078 11.7 2.3 52 9.4 6.6 37 3 303.6 304.6 288.9 320.7 5.64 6 750 2616 10.0 -10.4 23 20.4 1.4 60 10 307.4 307.9 287.0 314.8 2.31 7 700 3186 7.8 -17.2 15 24.9 -1.4 65 13 311.1 311.4 287.3 315.8 1.42 8 650 3793 5.1 -21.0 13 26.0 -3.7 59 9 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.5 1.11 9 600 4441 1.7 -28.7 8 30.4 -6.8 42 7 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.2 0.60 10 550 5136 -2.5 -31.5 9 29.1 -9.8 18 5 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.9 0.50 11 500 5885 -7.6 -36.8 8 29.3 -13.7 9 6 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.32 12 450 6695 -13.5 -39.1 10 25.6 -18.1 13 9 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.29 13 400 7579 -20.2 -39.6 16 19.3 -23.2 9 8 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.31 14 350 8552 -27.8 -45.1 18 17.3 -29.7 355 5 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.19 15 300 9640 -36.4 -48.7 27 12.3 -37.3 131 1 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.15 16 250 10881 -44.2 -44.5 98 0.2 -44.3 172 13 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.29 17 200 12337 -55.8 -55.9 99 0.1 -55.8 228 41 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 18 150 14132 -59.4 -77.0 8 17.6 -59.6 248 16 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16606 -68.6 -83.4 10 14.8 -68.7 292 21 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.11 m Freezing level: 579.63 mb = 4724.57 m = 15500.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.17 mb = 2894.08 m = 9494.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.88 mb = 956.06 m = 3136.63 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.18 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.09 mb = 3629.86 m = 11908.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.81 C = 103.65 F Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lifted Index: 6.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.50 C Showalter Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.78 C Cross Totals Index: 16.44 C K Index: 6.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7619.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.28 mb = 1908.63 m = 6261.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.8 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 80.8 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 44.76 Bulk Shear: 0.84 m/s