MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 43.57,-89.61 Latitude: 43.57 Longitude: -89.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 982 285 20.5 15.3 72 5.1 17.1 193 13 295.1 297.2 291.0 327.4 11.23 2 950 570 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.0 195 28 296.1 298.1 291.2 328.0 11.03 3 900 1032 15.0 13.7 92 1.3 14.2 204 36 297.0 299.0 291.4 329.0 11.04 4 850 1516 13.8 11.3 85 2.5 12.2 224 39 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.8 9.93 5 800 2025 10.3 8.5 89 1.8 9.2 221 38 302.1 303.8 291.2 328.1 8.75 6 750 2560 6.7 5.8 94 0.9 6.2 219 39 303.8 305.2 290.9 327.0 7.73 7 700 3124 4.4 -1.1 67 5.6 1.6 215 39 307.4 308.3 289.6 322.9 5.04 8 650 3724 1.4 -8.4 48 9.8 -2.8 215 37 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.5 3.13 9 600 4365 -2.2 -14.4 38 12.3 -6.7 220 36 313.6 314.0 288.9 320.5 2.08 10 550 5050 -6.5 -22.1 28 15.5 -11.1 224 34 316.3 316.6 288.9 320.4 1.19 11 500 5787 -11.7 -31.4 18 19.7 -16.0 226 35 318.7 318.9 288.9 320.7 0.55 12 450 6585 -17.6 -39.3 13 21.6 -21.0 222 37 321.1 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.28 13 400 7455 -23.8 -36.0 31 12.2 -25.7 227 38 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.44 14 350 8414 -32.0 -37.8 56 5.8 -32.7 227 41 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.1 0.42 15 300 9481 -41.5 -44.9 69 3.4 -41.7 224 45 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.23 16 250 10694 -49.5 -57.8 37 8.3 -49.8 226 47 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 17 200 12139 -53.4 -69.9 12 16.5 -53.7 230 39 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13983 -56.8 -79.0 4 22.1 -57.1 244 31 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16499 -64.7 -83.2 6 18.6 -64.8 266 21 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.58 m Freezing level: 630.16 mb = 3978.60 m = 13052.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.56 mb = 3340.42 m = 10959.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.43 mb = 933.44 m = 3062.42 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 9.40 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1697.53 m = 5569.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 31.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.53 mb = 1131.03 m = 3710.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 454.53 mb = 6508.82 m = 21354.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.53 mb = 6843.21 m = 22451.21 ft B at Equ Level: 8.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.53 mb = 9833.14 m = 32260.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.1 neg: -24.1 tot: 188.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 34.16 m/s