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: 43.63,-90.12 Latitude: 43.63 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 50 SFC 970 312 23.1 18.0 73 5.1 19.6 190 14 298.8 301.3 293.9 338.1 13.49 2 950 496 22.8 17.1 70 5.7 18.9 196 28 300.3 302.7 293.9 338.5 13.02 3 900 965 19.4 15.7 79 3.7 16.9 206 38 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.4 12.53 4 850 1455 16.2 13.1 82 3.1 14.2 224 46 303.1 305.2 293.4 336.5 11.25 5 800 1968 12.1 10.9 92 1.2 11.3 231 50 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.6 10.26 6 750 2507 8.9 8.6 98 0.3 8.8 236 53 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.6 9.41 7 700 3076 6.2 0.4 67 5.7 3.1 238 57 309.3 310.4 290.8 326.8 5.65 8 650 3681 3.9 -14.9 24 18.8 -3.3 239 61 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.5 1.85 9 600 4325 -1.3 -17.8 27 16.6 -7.0 236 62 314.7 315.0 288.7 319.9 1.57 10 550 5011 -6.8 -21.0 32 14.1 -11.1 236 60 316.0 316.2 288.9 320.4 1.31 11 500 5747 -12.3 -24.3 36 12.0 -15.4 239 59 318.1 318.3 289.3 321.8 1.07 12 450 6542 -18.5 -24.9 57 6.4 -20.1 242 65 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.8 1.12 13 400 7410 -24.7 -32.4 49 7.7 -26.0 246 76 322.9 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.63 14 350 8367 -31.3 -34.1 76 2.8 -31.7 252 82 326.6 326.7 291.4 328.8 0.61 15 300 9442 -38.7 -50.0 29 11.3 -39.5 256 92 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.13 16 250 10674 -46.2 -54.1 40 7.9 -46.5 266 114 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.10 17 200 12123 -55.5 -67.2 22 11.7 -55.7 267 122 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13922 -62.1 -78.1 10 16.0 -62.2 266 95 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16411 -65.3 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.5 252 62 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.27 m Freezing level: 612.09 mb = 4169.37 m = 13678.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.53 mb = 3366.51 m = 11044.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.32 mb = 961.83 m = 3155.57 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.97 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1654.04 m = 5426.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1131.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.78 mb = 1347.23 m = 4419.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.78 mb = 1907.52 m = 6258.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.78 mb = 10784.49 m = 35381.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1126.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.78 mb = 14097.52 m = 46251.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 503.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 503.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 167.8 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: 3.18 Bulk Rich Number: 6.99 Bulk Shear: 161.89 m/s