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: 43.90,-89.96 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -89.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 968 288 20.3 17.0 81 3.4 18.1 186 15 296.2 298.5 292.4 332.6 12.65 2 950 453 19.2 15.5 79 3.6 16.8 190 31 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.7 11.77 3 900 916 15.6 13.8 89 1.8 14.5 194 43 297.6 299.6 291.7 329.9 11.11 4 850 1400 13.6 10.3 80 3.3 11.6 212 48 300.4 302.1 291.1 327.8 9.30 5 800 1909 10.6 4.5 66 6.0 7.2 213 50 302.4 303.6 289.5 322.3 6.63 6 750 2444 7.1 -0.9 57 8.0 3.1 214 53 304.3 305.2 288.3 318.8 4.76 7 700 3007 3.1 -3.6 61 6.8 -0.0 209 54 306.0 306.7 288.3 318.9 4.18 8 650 3604 0.2 -11.1 42 11.4 -4.3 211 54 309.2 309.7 287.8 317.3 2.51 9 600 4240 -4.1 -20.7 26 16.6 -9.2 219 63 311.4 311.6 287.2 315.5 1.23 10 550 4920 -8.6 -27.2 21 18.6 -13.2 219 67 313.9 314.1 287.6 316.5 0.75 11 500 5652 -12.9 -31.0 20 18.0 -16.8 214 66 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.3 0.58 12 450 6448 -17.3 -31.2 29 13.8 -20.1 205 72 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.63 13 400 7321 -23.0 -40.5 19 17.5 -25.5 205 67 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 14 350 8282 -31.4 -44.0 28 12.6 -32.6 206 67 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.22 15 300 9353 -39.8 -49.5 35 9.7 -40.4 197 73 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.14 16 250 10582 -46.2 -62.6 14 16.4 -46.7 205 80 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12041 -51.9 -69.8 10 17.9 -52.2 217 71 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 13884 -55.5 -79.9 3 24.3 -55.9 222 63 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16420 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.5 238 29 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.27 m Freezing level: 647.30 mb = 3638.28 m = 11936.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.63 mb = 2999.61 m = 9841.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.36 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.26 mb = 715.88 m = 2348.67 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1507.09 m = 4944.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.90 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 30.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 250.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.38 mb = 1093.05 m = 3586.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.38 mb = 2373.38 m = 7786.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.38 mb = 8983.81 m = 29474.09 ft B at Equ Level: 250.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.38 mb = 10948.08 m = 35918.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 55.7 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 367.2 neg: -11.9 tot: 355.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 2.28 Bulk Shear: 109.96 m/s