MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 42.49,-89.34 Latitude: 42.49 Longitude: -89.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 981 269 20.7 14.3 67 6.4 16.6 283 6 295.5 297.4 290.5 325.7 10.49 2 950 547 23.5 12.7 51 10.8 16.5 279 14 301.1 302.8 291.6 329.8 9.74 3 900 1016 19.4 10.9 58 8.4 14.1 265 16 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.6 9.15 4 850 1504 15.2 9.0 66 6.2 11.4 257 17 302.1 303.6 290.9 327.3 8.48 5 800 2016 12.6 4.3 57 8.3 7.9 266 15 304.6 305.8 290.0 324.3 6.50 6 750 2555 9.5 0.7 54 8.7 4.8 286 15 306.8 307.9 289.8 323.4 5.38 7 700 3124 6.4 -4.6 45 10.9 1.1 298 14 309.5 310.3 289.3 321.7 3.89 8 650 3727 2.8 -11.6 34 14.4 -3.1 294 15 312.1 312.6 288.7 319.9 2.42 9 600 4371 -0.1 -23.1 16 23.0 -7.2 312 17 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.4 0.99 10 550 5062 -4.1 -24.3 19 20.1 -10.1 334 25 319.2 319.4 289.5 322.6 0.98 11 500 5806 -8.5 -34.8 10 26.3 -14.2 337 22 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.2 0.40 12 450 6613 -14.8 -41.0 9 26.2 -19.1 3 27 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.23 13 400 7492 -21.5 -40.5 16 19.0 -24.2 344 33 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.28 14 350 8460 -29.6 -43.7 24 14.1 -31.2 350 30 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.23 15 300 9539 -38.3 -46.3 43 7.9 -38.9 5 41 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.20 16 250 10770 -46.3 -52.7 48 6.4 -46.6 358 40 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.12 17 200 12223 -55.0 -64.9 28 9.9 -55.2 349 49 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14027 -63.0 -74.5 20 11.5 -63.1 305 26 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16508 -65.8 -83.3 7 17.5 -65.9 284 28 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.04 m Freezing level: 601.67 mb = 4349.23 m = 14268.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.57 mb = 3281.58 m = 10766.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.80 mb = 1094.03 m = 3589.29 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 10.38 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.96 mb = 2721.72 m = 8929.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.79 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.43 C K Index: 21.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5815.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.50 mb = 1874.64 m = 6150.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -6.3 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 10.24 m/s