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: 43.50,-90.12 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 970 320 23.5 18.0 71 5.4 19.8 191 15 299.3 301.7 294.0 338.8 13.55 2 950 496 23.3 17.1 68 6.1 19.1 197 28 300.8 303.2 294.1 339.1 13.05 3 900 966 19.9 15.6 76 4.3 17.0 207 39 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.8 12.47 4 850 1457 16.4 13.2 81 3.2 14.3 223 47 303.3 305.4 293.5 336.9 11.28 5 800 1971 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 230 51 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.8 10.29 6 750 2510 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 236 54 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.8 9.45 7 700 3078 6.5 -1.3 57 7.8 2.5 238 59 309.7 310.6 290.3 325.2 4.97 8 650 3685 4.2 -16.1 21 20.3 -3.4 238 62 313.7 314.0 288.5 319.2 1.67 9 600 4329 -1.1 -18.3 26 17.2 -7.0 236 63 314.8 315.1 288.7 319.8 1.51 10 550 5015 -6.7 -21.4 30 14.7 -11.2 237 60 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.3 1.25 11 500 5751 -12.1 -24.6 35 12.5 -15.4 240 59 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.8 1.04 12 450 6547 -18.3 -25.4 54 7.0 -20.0 243 65 320.2 320.4 289.9 324.0 1.08 13 400 7415 -24.4 -33.7 42 9.3 -25.9 247 77 323.2 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.55 14 350 8374 -30.9 -34.2 73 3.2 -31.4 253 81 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.61 15 300 9449 -38.6 -50.5 28 11.8 -39.4 257 91 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.12 16 250 10682 -46.1 -53.4 43 7.3 -46.4 266 114 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.11 17 200 12131 -55.4 -67.0 22 11.6 -55.6 267 122 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13930 -62.3 -78.0 10 15.7 -62.4 267 95 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16415 -65.6 -83.4 7 17.9 -65.7 253 63 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.18 m Freezing level: 610.73 mb = 4190.43 m = 13747.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.69 mb = 3331.30 m = 10929.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.15 mb = 1012.79 m = 3322.75 ft T: 19.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1686.07 m = 5531.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1142.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.44 mb = 1412.49 m = 4634.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.44 mb = 1976.47 m = 6484.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.44 mb = 10961.81 m = 35963.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1134.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.44 mb = 14377.32 m = 47169.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 54.4 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 512.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 512.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.27 Bulk Rich Number: 7.19 Bulk Shear: 159.01 m/s