MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 43.89,-90.08 Latitude: 43.89 Longitude: -90.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 968 294 20.2 16.9 81 3.3 18.0 187 15 296.2 298.4 292.4 332.5 12.61 2 950 451 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.8 191 31 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.6 11.75 3 900 914 15.6 13.8 89 1.7 14.4 195 43 297.5 299.6 291.6 329.8 11.10 4 850 1399 13.4 10.3 81 3.2 11.5 212 48 300.2 301.9 291.0 327.6 9.29 5 800 1907 10.4 4.5 67 5.9 7.1 214 50 302.2 303.4 289.3 321.9 6.60 6 750 2441 6.9 -2.0 53 9.0 2.5 214 53 304.1 304.9 287.9 317.6 4.40 7 700 3004 3.1 -4.9 55 8.0 -0.6 210 54 305.9 306.6 287.9 317.6 3.78 8 650 3601 0.2 -11.7 40 11.9 -4.5 212 55 309.1 309.6 287.7 316.8 2.39 9 600 4237 -4.1 -21.2 25 17.1 -9.2 218 63 311.4 311.6 287.2 315.3 1.18 10 550 4917 -8.5 -28.0 19 19.5 -13.2 218 67 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.4 0.69 11 500 5649 -13.1 -31.9 19 18.8 -17.0 214 66 317.1 317.2 288.4 319.0 0.53 12 450 6445 -17.3 -33.6 23 16.3 -20.4 205 70 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.50 13 400 7317 -23.2 -40.8 18 17.6 -25.6 205 67 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.27 14 350 8278 -31.6 -43.6 30 12.0 -32.8 206 68 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.23 15 300 9348 -40.0 -50.0 33 10.0 -40.6 198 74 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.13 16 250 10576 -46.1 -62.9 13 16.9 -46.6 205 81 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 17 200 12037 -51.5 -70.0 9 18.5 -51.9 217 71 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 13882 -55.4 -79.9 3 24.5 -55.8 221 63 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16419 -64.2 -83.3 6 19.1 -64.4 237 29 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.52 m Freezing level: 648.07 mb = 3625.47 m = 11894.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.12 mb = 2898.46 m = 9509.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.83 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.21 mb = 714.94 m = 2345.56 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1470.22 m = 4823.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.18 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 28.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.20 mb = 1093.15 m = 3586.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.20 mb = 2264.11 m = 7428.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.20 mb = 9205.88 m = 30202.67 ft B at Equ Level: 255.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.20 mb = 10947.73 m = 35917.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 55.8 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.0 neg: -8.3 tot: 351.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 107.92 m/s