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: 43.77,-90.2 Latitude: 43.77 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 49 SFC 971 308 22.7 17.9 74 4.8 19.5 189 13 298.4 300.9 293.7 337.5 13.45 2 950 494 22.5 17.0 71 5.4 18.8 195 27 300.0 302.4 293.8 337.9 12.96 3 900 962 19.1 15.5 80 3.6 16.7 206 37 301.2 303.5 293.8 337.8 12.43 4 850 1453 16.0 13.0 82 3.1 14.0 224 45 303.0 305.0 293.3 335.9 11.11 5 800 1965 12.0 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 231 48 304.0 305.9 292.9 334.4 10.19 6 750 2504 8.8 8.5 98 0.3 8.6 235 51 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.31 7 700 3073 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 239 55 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.3 6.39 8 650 3677 3.6 -13.9 27 17.5 -3.2 239 59 313.1 313.4 288.6 319.6 2.01 9 600 4320 -1.4 -17.4 28 16.1 -7.0 237 61 314.5 314.8 288.7 319.9 1.62 10 550 5006 -6.9 -20.5 33 13.5 -11.1 236 60 315.9 316.1 288.9 320.5 1.36 11 500 5741 -12.4 -23.7 38 11.3 -15.4 238 60 317.9 318.2 289.3 321.8 1.13 12 450 6536 -18.8 -24.5 61 5.7 -20.2 242 65 319.6 319.8 289.9 323.6 1.17 13 400 7403 -24.9 -31.1 56 6.2 -26.0 246 76 322.6 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.71 14 350 8360 -31.6 -34.6 75 3.0 -32.0 250 83 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.2 0.58 15 300 9433 -38.8 -49.9 30 11.1 -39.5 256 94 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 16 250 10665 -46.3 -55.2 36 8.9 -46.7 265 113 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12113 -55.6 -67.6 21 12.0 -55.8 266 122 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 13913 -61.9 -78.1 10 16.1 -62.1 265 95 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16407 -64.9 -83.5 6 18.6 -65.1 251 61 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.49 m Freezing level: 613.73 mb = 4143.50 m = 13593.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.16 mb = 3391.24 m = 11125.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.81 mb = 916.32 m = 3006.25 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 18.26 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.37 mb = 1650.20 m = 5413.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1107.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.16 mb = 1320.87 m = 4333.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.16 mb = 1984.68 m = 6511.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.16 mb = 10712.61 m = 35145.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1102.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.16 mb = 13988.67 m = 45894.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 483.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 483.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.82 Bulk Shear: 162.44 m/s