MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 44.36,-85.62 Latitude: 44.36 Longitude: -85.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 975 316 18.3 14.5 78 3.8 15.8 313 5 293.6 295.5 290.0 324.1 10.68 2 950 537 15.2 13.8 91 1.5 14.3 312 7 292.6 294.5 289.5 322.4 10.47 3 900 994 14.1 11.3 83 2.9 12.4 293 11 296.1 297.7 289.7 323.1 9.36 4 850 1476 12.3 10.5 89 1.8 11.2 278 18 299.0 300.7 290.7 326.5 9.40 5 800 1982 8.9 8.3 96 0.5 8.5 280 22 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.1 8.63 6 750 2514 6.2 0.9 69 5.3 3.4 289 23 303.3 304.3 288.6 319.7 5.44 7 700 3077 2.6 -3.8 63 6.4 -0.4 294 27 305.4 306.1 288.1 318.1 4.12 8 650 3673 1.3 -21.4 17 22.7 -5.8 307 23 310.4 310.6 286.7 314.0 1.07 9 600 4315 -1.0 -27.7 11 26.8 -8.2 314 19 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.3 0.65 10 550 5003 -5.0 -28.4 14 23.4 -11.1 310 15 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.5 0.67 11 500 5746 -9.2 -29.3 18 20.2 -14.1 311 16 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.3 0.67 12 450 6551 -15.1 -35.2 16 20.1 -19.0 306 18 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.43 13 400 7429 -22.0 -41.2 16 19.2 -24.6 297 22 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.26 14 350 8395 -29.9 -44.3 24 14.3 -31.4 298 20 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.21 15 300 9475 -37.9 -50.3 26 12.4 -38.7 318 19 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 16 250 10704 -47.6 -55.7 39 8.1 -48.0 327 23 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 12148 -55.5 -64.5 32 9.0 -55.6 333 31 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 13953 -61.5 -78.4 9 16.9 -61.6 323 25 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16447 -63.6 -84.2 5 20.5 -63.8 278 22 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.80 m Freezing level: 621.32 mb = 4041.27 m = 13258.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.13 mb = 3017.14 m = 9898.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.16 mb = 797.08 m = 2615.07 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.49 mb = 1679.79 m = 5511.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.82 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: 3.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7635.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.46 mb = 1074.03 m = 3523.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.1 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 329.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 16.72 m/s