MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 18Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 43.63,-91.77 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -91.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 962 341 21.5 16.0 71 5.5 17.8 199 19 298.0 300.1 292.4 332.8 11.98 2 950 446 20.3 14.9 71 5.3 16.8 200 30 297.8 299.8 291.9 330.6 11.32 3 900 910 15.7 13.4 86 2.3 14.3 203 40 297.7 299.7 291.5 329.1 10.81 4 850 1393 12.1 11.2 94 0.9 11.5 209 46 298.8 300.6 291.0 327.7 9.88 5 800 1899 9.2 6.9 85 2.4 7.9 215 50 301.0 302.4 290.0 324.2 7.82 6 750 2433 7.3 -2.9 48 10.2 2.4 214 52 304.5 305.3 287.8 317.2 4.13 7 700 2997 4.0 -6.2 47 10.2 -0.6 207 57 306.9 307.5 287.9 317.6 3.42 8 650 3595 0.3 -12.3 38 12.6 -4.6 208 57 309.3 309.8 287.6 316.7 2.29 9 600 4232 -3.6 -22.7 21 19.1 -9.2 214 66 311.9 312.1 287.2 315.4 1.03 10 550 4913 -8.3 -25.7 23 17.4 -12.8 212 72 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.2 0.85 11 500 5645 -13.4 -33.4 17 20.0 -17.3 208 71 316.7 316.8 288.2 318.3 0.46 12 450 6437 -19.1 -29.5 39 10.4 -21.2 200 78 319.3 319.4 289.3 321.9 0.74 13 400 7306 -23.6 -31.4 49 7.8 -25.1 196 81 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.69 14 350 8267 -31.0 -37.8 51 6.8 -31.9 195 79 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.42 15 300 9342 -38.8 -53.3 20 14.5 -39.6 203 77 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.09 16 250 10570 -45.9 -64.7 10 18.8 -46.4 206 80 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.03 17 200 12040 -50.6 -70.5 8 19.9 -51.0 216 67 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13886 -57.0 -79.5 4 22.5 -57.2 220 57 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16421 -63.4 -83.3 5 20.0 -63.6 230 28 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.83 m Freezing level: 645.74 mb = 3649.57 m = 11973.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.25 mb = 2878.54 m = 9443.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.02 % Est. max temperature: 23.99 C = 75.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.84 mb = 1034.52 m = 3394.06 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.45 mb = 1289.76 m = 4231.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.78 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 26.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 226.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.85 mb = 1207.66 m = 3962.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.85 mb = 1453.61 m = 4769.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.85 mb = 2281.71 m = 7485.83 ft B at Equ Level: 10.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.85 mb = 10466.91 m = 34339.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 58.1 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.5 neg: -4.2 tot: 233.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 93.13 m/s