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: 43.91,-91.00 Latitude: 43.91 Longitude: -91.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 971 290 24.4 17.9 67 6.5 19.9 194 11 300.1 302.5 294.1 339.3 13.39 2 950 480 24.4 16.0 60 8.4 18.7 204 23 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.7 12.12 3 900 951 21.1 13.8 63 7.3 16.3 220 33 303.3 305.3 293.3 336.1 11.05 4 850 1443 17.1 11.5 70 5.6 13.6 229 40 304.1 305.9 292.9 334.2 10.09 5 800 1957 12.3 10.1 86 2.2 11.0 233 44 304.3 306.1 292.7 333.5 9.78 6 750 2495 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 236 46 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.3 9.18 7 700 3064 5.1 4.9 99 0.1 5.0 241 47 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.9 7.81 8 650 3665 2.7 -13.9 28 16.6 -3.7 247 47 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.6 2.01 9 600 4308 -1.4 -18.1 27 16.7 -7.1 245 52 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.6 1.54 10 550 4993 -6.9 -20.5 33 13.6 -11.1 240 55 315.9 316.2 288.9 320.5 1.36 11 500 5729 -12.5 -24.0 38 11.5 -15.5 238 60 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.6 1.10 12 450 6523 -19.1 -25.2 59 6.1 -20.5 241 67 319.2 319.4 289.6 323.0 1.10 13 400 7388 -25.8 -29.3 73 3.5 -26.5 245 75 321.5 321.6 290.1 324.4 0.85 14 350 8342 -32.5 -39.3 51 6.8 -33.2 248 86 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.3 0.36 15 300 9411 -39.5 -52.5 24 13.0 -40.2 253 98 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.10 16 250 10640 -46.7 -58.9 24 12.2 -47.1 262 116 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 12089 -55.5 -68.3 19 12.7 -55.8 264 126 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13892 -61.3 -78.0 9 16.7 -61.5 264 97 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16398 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.4 -63.7 249 58 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.13 m Freezing level: 617.15 mb = 4087.35 m = 13409.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.17 mb = 3405.03 m = 11171.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.48 mb = 1120.59 m = 3676.42 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.91 mb = 1916.12 m = 6286.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 40.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1135.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.28 mb = 1703.97 m = 5590.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.28 mb = 2176.20 m = 7139.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.28 mb = 10659.21 m = 34970.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1128.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.28 mb = 13921.41 m = 45673.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 345.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.18 Bulk Rich Number: 9.62 Bulk Shear: 118.00 m/s