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,-90.44 Latitude: 43.50 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 45 SFC 968 325 23.9 18.0 69 5.9 19.8 193 14 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.4 13.52 2 950 492 24.2 16.8 63 7.4 19.1 199 27 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.2 12.74 3 900 963 20.8 14.8 69 6.0 16.8 212 37 302.9 305.1 293.8 338.0 11.83 4 850 1455 16.9 12.4 75 4.5 14.0 224 45 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.8 10.72 5 800 1969 12.4 10.8 90 1.6 11.4 229 49 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.8 10.21 6 750 2507 8.9 8.7 99 0.2 8.8 233 52 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.7 9.45 7 700 3077 5.3 3.2 86 2.1 4.2 239 54 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.6 6.91 8 650 3681 3.9 -16.5 21 20.3 -3.6 243 58 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.8 1.62 9 600 4325 -1.1 -19.3 24 18.3 -7.1 238 62 314.9 315.2 288.6 319.5 1.38 10 550 5011 -6.6 -21.4 30 14.7 -11.1 236 62 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.5 1.26 11 500 5748 -12.2 -23.7 38 11.5 -15.3 239 61 318.1 318.4 289.3 322.0 1.13 12 450 6543 -18.5 -25.0 56 6.5 -20.1 242 67 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.8 1.11 13 400 7411 -24.4 -33.4 43 9.0 -25.9 246 77 323.2 323.4 290.3 325.3 0.57 14 350 8368 -31.3 -34.2 75 2.9 -31.7 253 82 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.7 0.60 15 300 9443 -38.7 -50.1 29 11.4 -39.5 257 93 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.13 16 250 10674 -46.1 -53.4 43 7.3 -46.4 266 115 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.11 17 200 12124 -55.4 -67.4 21 11.9 -55.6 267 124 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13924 -61.9 -78.2 10 16.3 -62.1 266 96 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16415 -65.2 -83.5 6 18.3 -65.3 252 60 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.21 m Freezing level: 610.72 mb = 4186.75 m = 13735.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.18 mb = 3395.14 m = 11138.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.59 mb = 1082.36 m = 3551.00 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.96 mb = 1822.00 m = 5977.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 39.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.20 mb = 1593.52 m = 5228.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.20 mb = 2061.00 m = 6761.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.20 mb = 10907.16 m = 35784.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1128.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.20 mb = 14295.16 m = 46899.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 460.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 460.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.84 Bulk Rich Number: 7.86 Bulk Shear: 144.73 m/s