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,-90.44 Latitude: 43.77 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 969 320 22.9 18.1 74 4.9 19.6 188 13 298.8 301.3 293.9 338.3 13.57 2 950 490 23.0 16.9 68 6.1 18.8 195 26 300.5 302.9 293.9 338.2 12.84 3 900 960 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.6 211 37 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.3 11.94 4 850 1451 16.3 12.5 78 3.8 13.8 225 44 303.2 305.2 293.1 335.2 10.78 5 800 1964 12.2 10.5 89 1.7 11.2 231 47 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.2 10.05 6 750 2502 8.6 8.2 97 0.4 8.4 234 51 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.5 9.16 7 700 3070 5.0 2.4 83 2.6 3.6 239 53 308.0 309.2 291.2 328.0 6.52 8 650 3674 3.5 -14.5 25 18.0 -3.4 241 56 312.9 313.2 288.5 319.1 1.91 9 600 4317 -1.4 -17.8 27 16.4 -7.0 238 60 314.6 314.9 288.7 319.8 1.57 10 550 5003 -6.8 -20.3 33 13.6 -11.0 237 61 316.0 316.3 288.9 320.7 1.38 11 500 5739 -12.4 -22.9 41 10.5 -15.3 238 62 317.9 318.2 289.4 322.1 1.22 12 450 6533 -18.8 -24.5 61 5.7 -20.2 242 66 319.6 319.8 289.9 323.6 1.16 13 400 7400 -24.8 -31.2 56 6.3 -25.9 246 77 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.71 14 350 8357 -31.7 -36.7 61 5.0 -32.3 250 84 326.1 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.47 15 300 9430 -38.8 -51.3 25 12.5 -39.6 256 94 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 16 250 10662 -46.3 -55.9 33 9.6 -46.7 265 113 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.08 17 200 12111 -55.6 -67.8 20 12.2 -55.8 266 122 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13910 -62.1 -77.9 10 15.8 -62.2 265 96 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16405 -64.4 -83.6 6 19.2 -64.6 250 60 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.79 m Freezing level: 614.03 mb = 4136.64 m = 13571.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.44 mb = 3373.33 m = 11067.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.79 mb = 942.72 m = 3092.88 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 19.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.61 mb = 1748.57 m = 5736.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.90 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1097.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.68 mb = 1453.82 m = 4769.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.68 mb = 2019.46 m = 6625.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.68 mb = 10536.32 m = 34567.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1097.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.68 mb = 14131.96 m = 46364.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 455.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 455.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.78 Bulk Rich Number: 7.11 Bulk Shear: 154.33 m/s