MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 43.43,-90.20 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 969 321 23.9 18.0 70 5.9 19.9 192 14 299.7 302.2 294.1 339.3 13.55 2 950 496 23.7 17.0 66 6.7 19.1 198 28 301.2 303.6 294.1 339.3 12.94 3 900 967 20.2 15.4 74 4.9 17.0 209 38 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.7 12.30 4 850 1458 16.6 13.1 79 3.6 14.3 223 46 303.6 305.6 293.5 336.8 11.19 5 800 1972 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 230 50 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.1 10.33 6 750 2511 9.0 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 235 54 306.4 308.1 293.0 335.0 9.50 7 700 3080 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 3.0 238 59 309.3 310.4 290.7 326.5 5.54 8 650 3686 4.1 -15.9 22 20.0 -3.4 239 61 313.6 313.9 288.5 319.3 1.71 9 600 4330 -1.1 -18.4 26 17.3 -7.0 237 62 314.8 315.1 288.7 319.8 1.49 10 550 5016 -6.7 -21.4 30 14.7 -11.1 237 60 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.4 1.26 11 500 5752 -12.1 -24.4 35 12.2 -15.3 240 59 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.9 1.06 12 450 6548 -18.3 -25.5 53 7.2 -20.0 243 65 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.06 13 400 7416 -24.4 -33.3 44 8.9 -25.9 247 76 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.58 14 350 8375 -30.8 -33.7 76 2.9 -31.3 253 81 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.63 15 300 9451 -38.6 -49.9 30 11.3 -39.4 257 91 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 16 250 10683 -46.0 -52.0 50 6.0 -46.3 266 114 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.13 17 200 12134 -55.4 -66.4 24 11.0 -55.6 267 123 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 13932 -62.3 -78.0 11 15.6 -62.5 267 95 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16417 -65.5 -83.4 7 17.9 -65.7 253 62 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.06 m Freezing level: 610.80 mb = 4190.60 m = 13748.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.45 mb = 3359.63 m = 11022.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.31 mb = 1069.49 m = 3508.77 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 20.08 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.17 mb = 1740.26 m = 5709.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1152.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.58 mb = 1482.36 m = 4863.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.58 mb = 1944.64 m = 6379.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.58 mb = 10879.32 m = 35692.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1146.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.58 mb = 14243.09 m = 46728.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 53.9 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 497.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 497.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 154.15 m/s