MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 29 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 170 SFC 990 256 17.1 12.4 74 4.7 14.2 113 7 291.1 292.7 287.8 317.0 9.14 2 950 612 22.3 10.2 46 12.1 14.8 142 14 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.1 8.25 3 900 1081 20.5 9.6 50 10.9 13.7 183 8 302.6 304.1 291.0 327.5 8.35 4 850 1572 16.7 7.9 56 8.8 11.4 193 14 303.6 305.1 290.9 327.2 7.86 5 800 2085 12.0 6.6 70 5.4 8.8 197 16 303.9 305.3 290.8 326.9 7.67 6 750 2624 12.0 -12.7 16 24.7 1.8 224 10 309.6 310.0 287.3 315.8 1.92 7 700 3199 10.4 -21.4 9 31.7 -0.7 226 3 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.3 0.99 8 650 3811 6.9 -25.0 8 31.9 -3.3 184 2 316.8 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.77 9 600 4463 3.0 -27.4 9 30.4 -6.0 213 5 319.6 319.7 289.3 322.0 0.67 10 550 5160 -2.2 -31.1 9 29.0 -9.6 259 3 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.4 0.52 11 500 5909 -7.2 -34.9 9 27.7 -13.3 6 1 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.40 12 450 6720 -12.9 -40.8 8 27.9 -17.8 340 5 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 13 400 7605 -20.1 -42.6 12 22.5 -23.4 336 8 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.22 14 350 8580 -27.7 -42.2 24 14.5 -29.5 311 5 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.27 15 300 9667 -36.3 -46.9 33 10.6 -37.2 278 1 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 16 250 10909 -44.2 -59.4 17 15.2 -44.8 136 11 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.05 17 200 12371 -54.6 -63.7 32 9.1 -54.8 176 9 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14157 -66.4 -71.9 46 5.5 -66.4 211 9 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16594 -67.2 -83.9 8 16.7 -67.4 285 22 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.84 m Freezing level: 570.87 mb = 4868.68 m = 15973.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.39 mb = 3029.21 m = 9938.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.39 mb = 868.24 m = 2848.51 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 614.75 mb = 4264.85 m = 13992.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.70 C = 112.45 F Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lifted Index: 7.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.31 C Showalter Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 15.03 C K Index: -0.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 122.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7505.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.70 mb = 2013.99 m = 6607.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.8 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 224.8 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 12.28 m/s