MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 42.32,-89.03 Latitude: 42.32 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 989 256 21.4 13.6 61 7.8 16.5 105 5 295.5 297.3 290.0 324.2 9.96 2 950 606 17.4 12.2 72 5.1 14.2 123 6 294.8 296.5 289.3 322.0 9.46 3 900 1069 17.9 9.7 59 8.2 12.9 197 10 300.0 301.5 290.2 324.8 8.43 4 850 1556 15.0 9.3 68 5.7 11.5 215 14 301.9 303.5 291.0 327.5 8.66 5 800 2066 11.5 6.0 69 5.5 8.3 220 14 303.4 304.7 290.4 325.4 7.34 6 750 2604 10.2 -6.4 31 16.5 2.5 235 11 307.6 308.2 287.9 317.5 3.16 7 700 3175 8.3 -16.6 15 24.9 -1.0 260 7 311.7 312.0 287.6 316.6 1.49 8 650 3784 6.0 -23.4 10 29.4 -3.6 282 3 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.9 0.89 9 600 4435 2.7 -27.3 9 30.0 -6.1 25 4 319.2 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.68 10 550 5131 -2.3 -29.0 11 26.6 -9.5 339 9 321.3 321.5 289.9 323.6 0.63 11 500 5879 -7.8 -33.2 11 25.4 -13.6 316 10 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.46 12 450 6690 -13.2 -35.8 13 22.7 -17.7 307 9 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.40 13 400 7573 -20.6 -38.9 18 18.3 -23.5 334 14 328.2 328.2 291.6 329.4 0.33 14 350 8545 -28.2 -40.1 31 11.9 -29.7 346 11 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.33 15 300 9631 -36.5 -45.9 37 9.4 -37.3 12 17 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.8 0.21 16 250 10867 -46.6 -51.4 58 4.8 -46.9 6 25 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.13 17 200 12321 -55.1 -63.5 34 8.5 -55.2 18 32 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14105 -65.7 -72.1 41 6.3 -65.8 356 19 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16551 -66.4 -84.2 7 17.8 -66.5 303 9 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.59 m Freezing level: 573.10 mb = 4809.38 m = 15778.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.48 mb = 3005.98 m = 9862.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.78 mb = 1242.99 m = 4078.00 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 10.92 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.47 mb = 3715.38 m = 12189.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.22 C = 106.20 F Cap Strength: 7.95 C Lifted Index: 6.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.48 C Showalter Index: 4.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.09 C K Index: 7.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7144.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.02 mb = 1565.70 m = 5136.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.0 neg: -1.4 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 22.74 m/s