MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 42.25,-89.16 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -89.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 223 SFC 996 257 22.3 -1.0 21 23.3 10.6 127 4 295.8 296.4 284.0 306.4 3.56 2 950 664 17.8 -3.5 23 21.2 7.8 135 6 295.2 295.8 283.2 304.5 3.11 3 900 1121 13.4 -4.4 29 17.7 5.3 141 6 295.3 295.8 283.2 304.4 3.06 4 850 1599 11.6 -15.1 14 26.7 1.8 158 7 298.3 298.5 282.4 302.6 1.39 5 800 2106 12.3 -33.0 3 45.3 0.1 158 6 304.3 304.3 283.5 305.3 0.30 6 750 2644 10.7 -32.4 3 43.2 -1.0 155 4 308.2 308.3 285.1 309.4 0.33 7 700 3214 7.6 -33.3 4 40.9 -3.1 160 3 310.9 311.0 286.1 312.1 0.33 8 650 3819 3.7 -39.0 3 42.7 -5.9 166 1 313.1 313.2 286.7 313.9 0.20 9 600 4462 -0.8 -44.7 2 43.8 -9.1 333 1 315.1 315.2 287.3 315.6 0.12 10 550 5150 -5.9 -46.6 2 40.6 -12.6 276 1 317.0 317.1 287.9 317.4 0.11 11 500 5887 -11.8 -48.2 3 36.5 -16.9 249 1 318.7 318.7 288.4 319.1 0.10 12 450 6683 -18.2 -38.1 16 19.9 -21.4 205 1 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.5 0.32 13 400 7549 -25.6 -30.8 62 5.1 -26.5 314 3 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.3 0.74 14 350 8503 -32.1 -39.0 50 6.9 -32.9 331 5 325.5 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.37 15 300 9573 -40.3 -42.0 83 1.8 -40.4 32 6 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.32 16 250 10789 -50.2 -50.5 96 0.3 -50.2 355 9 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.15 17 200 12223 -56.2 -65.0 32 8.8 -56.4 42 26 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14026 -61.7 -76.2 13 14.5 -61.9 23 19 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16517 -64.8 -83.1 6 18.3 -64.9 286 6 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.19 m Freezing level: 609.28 mb = 4343.00 m = 14248.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 794.16 mb = 2166.67 m = 7108.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 7.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.68 mb = 3170.73 m = 10402.54 ft T: 7.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 3.73 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 503.22 mb = 5837.24 m = 19150.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.08 C = 113.15 F Cap Strength: 14.34 C Lifted Index: 13.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.08 C Showalter Index: 15.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: -3.33 C K Index: -32.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 14.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13494.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.86 mb = 3309.60 m = 10858.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.3 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 187.3 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 0.84 m/s