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,-90.44 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 969 324 24.3 18.0 68 6.3 19.9 194 14 300.2 302.6 294.3 339.8 13.53 2 950 493 24.3 16.7 63 7.6 19.1 200 27 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.4 12.72 3 900 964 20.9 14.8 68 6.1 16.8 212 37 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.2 11.85 4 850 1456 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.1 224 45 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.1 10.79 5 800 1970 12.5 10.8 90 1.7 11.4 229 49 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.1 10.24 6 750 2509 8.9 8.7 99 0.2 8.8 233 52 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.8 9.49 7 700 3078 5.4 2.7 83 2.7 3.9 239 55 308.5 309.7 291.4 328.9 6.67 8 650 3683 3.9 -16.5 21 20.4 -3.6 243 58 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.7 1.62 9 600 4327 -1.1 -19.3 24 18.2 -7.1 238 61 314.9 315.1 288.6 319.5 1.38 10 550 5013 -6.6 -21.5 30 14.8 -11.1 237 61 316.2 316.5 288.9 320.5 1.25 11 500 5750 -12.2 -23.8 38 11.6 -15.3 240 60 318.2 318.4 289.3 322.0 1.12 12 450 6545 -18.5 -25.2 55 6.7 -20.1 242 66 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.8 1.10 13 400 7413 -24.4 -33.1 44 8.7 -25.9 246 77 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.59 14 350 8371 -31.1 -33.8 78 2.6 -31.5 253 82 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.63 15 300 9446 -38.7 -49.7 30 11.1 -39.4 257 92 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.14 16 250 10678 -46.0 -52.0 51 6.0 -46.3 266 115 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.13 17 200 12128 -55.4 -66.7 23 11.3 -55.6 267 124 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13927 -62.0 -78.1 10 16.1 -62.2 266 96 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16417 -65.2 -83.5 6 18.2 -65.4 252 60 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.49 m Freezing level: 610.83 mb = 4187.36 m = 13737.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.90 mb = 3388.42 m = 11116.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.65 mb = 1122.05 m = 3681.22 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 21.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1836.91 m = 6026.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 39.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1151.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.55 mb = 1611.87 m = 5288.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.55 mb = 2080.22 m = 6824.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.55 mb = 10689.62 m = 35070.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1150.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.55 mb = 14370.49 m = 47146.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 457.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 457.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 8.05 Bulk Shear: 142.99 m/s