MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z 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 181 SFC 991 256 15.8 10.4 70 5.4 12.6 204 4 289.7 291.1 286.1 312.3 8.00 2 950 623 21.9 9.7 46 12.3 14.4 230 10 299.4 300.9 289.6 322.9 7.95 3 900 1091 19.7 9.5 52 10.2 13.4 237 12 301.8 303.3 290.7 326.4 8.30 4 850 1580 15.4 7.5 59 7.9 10.7 232 13 302.3 303.7 290.3 325.2 7.69 5 800 2090 11.8 2.0 51 9.8 6.6 222 12 303.8 304.8 288.9 320.5 5.54 6 750 2628 10.0 -8.4 26 18.4 1.9 221 9 307.4 307.9 287.4 315.9 2.70 7 700 3199 8.3 -17.5 14 25.8 -1.2 202 6 311.6 311.9 287.5 316.2 1.38 8 650 3807 6.1 -24.1 9 30.2 -3.6 169 6 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.8 0.84 9 600 4458 2.4 -27.3 9 29.7 -6.3 160 6 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.3 0.68 10 550 5154 -2.6 -32.2 8 29.6 -10.0 195 3 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.47 11 500 5901 -7.7 -37.1 7 29.4 -13.8 216 4 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.8 0.32 12 450 6711 -13.5 -41.3 8 27.8 -18.2 194 3 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.23 13 400 7595 -20.6 -42.0 13 21.4 -23.7 185 3 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 14 350 8567 -28.2 -42.1 25 14.0 -29.9 238 4 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 15 300 9653 -37.0 -46.9 35 9.9 -37.8 336 2 333.2 333.2 292.8 333.9 0.19 16 250 10888 -45.5 -59.1 20 13.6 -46.0 182 12 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12344 -55.1 -65.9 25 10.7 -55.4 173 14 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14132 -64.3 -73.6 27 9.4 -64.4 271 8 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16593 -67.3 -83.7 8 16.4 -67.4 304 17 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.24 m Freezing level: 575.99 mb = 4792.12 m = 15721.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.49 mb = 2971.61 m = 9749.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.18 mb = 955.56 m = 3135.01 ft T: 20.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 10.46 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 614.84 mb = 4259.41 m = 13974.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.06 C = 111.31 F Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lifted Index: 7.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.00 C Showalter Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 4.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7906.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.98 mb = 2006.71 m = 6583.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.0 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 242.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -11.9 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 106.99 Bulk Shear: 0.43 m/s