MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 160 SFC 989 257 26.7 14.6 48 12.1 18.7 172 4 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.0 10.62 2 950 608 22.0 13.0 57 9.0 16.2 181 7 299.5 301.3 291.3 328.7 9.95 3 900 1074 17.5 12.1 70 5.5 14.1 188 8 299.6 301.4 291.3 328.5 9.87 4 850 1560 14.6 10.0 74 4.6 11.7 208 14 301.4 303.1 291.2 328.3 9.10 5 800 2071 11.8 4.9 63 6.9 7.9 216 16 303.7 305.0 290.0 324.2 6.81 6 750 2609 10.5 -9.7 23 20.3 1.8 219 13 308.0 308.5 287.3 315.8 2.43 7 700 3181 8.9 -18.0 13 26.9 -1.0 226 7 312.3 312.6 287.6 316.7 1.32 8 650 3791 6.4 -23.7 10 30.0 -3.4 234 4 316.2 316.3 288.5 319.2 0.87 9 600 4442 2.9 -26.7 9 29.6 -6.0 162 1 319.4 319.6 289.3 321.9 0.72 10 550 5138 -2.4 -29.7 10 27.3 -9.6 323 6 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.59 11 500 5886 -7.9 -33.4 11 25.5 -13.7 315 11 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.0 0.46 12 450 6696 -13.3 -36.1 13 22.8 -17.8 297 10 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.39 13 400 7579 -20.5 -40.8 15 20.3 -23.6 316 11 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.27 14 350 8553 -27.8 -39.8 31 12.0 -29.4 338 10 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.34 15 300 9641 -36.2 -46.6 33 10.4 -37.1 9 11 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.19 16 250 10878 -45.7 -53.5 41 7.8 -46.1 6 24 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.11 17 200 12336 -54.7 -62.9 36 8.2 -54.9 23 20 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14124 -65.4 -72.1 39 6.7 -65.5 323 10 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16564 -67.1 -84.1 7 16.9 -67.2 236 13 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.38 m Freezing level: 572.65 mb = 4822.76 m = 15822.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.73 mb = 2973.52 m = 9755.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.00 mb = 1770.87 m = 5809.87 ft T: 13.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.89 mb = 3324.40 m = 10906.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.08 C = 102.35 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.82 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 5.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6153.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.25 mb = 1758.11 m = 5768.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -6.3 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 6.02 m/s