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: 43.83,-90.44 Latitude: 43.83 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 969 319 22.7 18.1 75 4.7 19.5 187 12 298.6 301.0 293.9 338.0 13.57 2 950 490 22.8 16.9 70 5.9 18.8 194 26 300.3 302.6 293.8 338.0 12.86 3 900 959 19.7 15.0 74 4.8 16.5 210 36 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.1 11.96 4 850 1450 16.1 12.5 79 3.6 13.8 225 43 303.0 305.0 293.1 335.1 10.79 5 800 1963 12.2 10.5 89 1.7 11.2 231 47 304.2 306.0 292.8 334.1 10.02 6 750 2501 8.6 8.1 97 0.4 8.3 235 50 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.2 9.09 7 700 3069 4.9 2.2 83 2.7 3.5 239 53 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.6 6.44 8 650 3672 3.4 -14.1 26 17.5 -3.4 241 56 312.8 313.1 288.5 319.2 1.97 9 600 4315 -1.4 -17.5 28 16.1 -7.0 237 60 314.5 314.8 288.7 319.9 1.62 10 550 5001 -6.8 -20.1 34 13.3 -10.9 237 61 316.0 316.3 289.0 320.7 1.40 11 500 5737 -12.4 -22.7 42 10.2 -15.2 238 62 317.9 318.1 289.4 322.1 1.24 12 450 6531 -18.9 -24.4 62 5.5 -20.2 242 66 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.5 1.18 13 400 7398 -24.9 -30.7 58 5.8 -25.9 246 77 322.6 322.8 290.3 325.3 0.74 14 350 8355 -31.7 -37.3 58 5.5 -32.4 250 84 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.6 0.44 15 300 9427 -38.8 -51.6 25 12.8 -39.6 256 94 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 16 250 10659 -46.3 -56.5 31 10.2 -46.7 264 113 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 17 200 12108 -55.6 -67.8 20 12.3 -55.8 266 122 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 13907 -62.1 -77.8 11 15.7 -62.3 265 96 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16403 -64.3 -83.6 5 19.4 -64.4 250 60 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.92 m Freezing level: 614.80 mb = 4125.16 m = 13533.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.64 mb = 3369.47 m = 11054.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.85 mb = 912.64 m = 2994.19 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1730.46 m = 5677.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1087.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.59 mb = 1423.62 m = 4670.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.59 mb = 2093.14 m = 6867.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.59 mb = 10721.73 m = 35175.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1079.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.59 mb = 14006.41 m = 45952.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 39.0 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: 454.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 454.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.3 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: 2.77 Bulk Rich Number: 6.94 Bulk Shear: 156.55 m/s