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: 43.97,-90.76 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -90.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 970 303 23.3 18.1 73 5.1 19.7 187 11 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.7 13.63 2 950 483 23.2 16.6 66 6.7 18.7 197 24 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.7 12.57 3 900 954 20.3 14.4 69 5.9 16.4 215 35 302.4 304.5 293.4 336.4 11.51 4 850 1445 16.4 12.0 75 4.4 13.6 228 41 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.4 10.44 5 800 1958 12.2 10.2 88 2.0 11.0 233 45 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.6 9.84 6 750 2496 8.4 8.0 98 0.3 8.2 236 48 305.7 307.4 292.5 332.9 9.04 7 700 3064 4.9 3.3 90 1.6 4.0 240 49 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.1 6.95 8 650 3666 2.9 -13.6 29 16.5 -3.5 244 50 312.2 312.6 288.4 318.9 2.06 9 600 4308 -1.5 -17.4 29 15.9 -7.0 241 55 314.4 314.7 288.7 319.8 1.63 10 550 4994 -6.9 -20.0 34 13.1 -10.9 239 57 315.9 316.2 288.9 320.7 1.42 11 500 5730 -12.5 -23.0 41 10.5 -15.3 238 61 317.8 318.0 289.3 321.9 1.20 12 450 6524 -19.1 -24.8 61 5.7 -20.4 241 67 319.2 319.5 289.7 323.2 1.14 13 400 7389 -25.5 -29.3 70 3.8 -26.2 246 76 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.8 0.84 14 350 8344 -32.2 -40.0 46 7.8 -33.1 248 86 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.5 0.33 15 300 9414 -39.2 -53.0 22 13.8 -40.0 254 97 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.09 16 250 10644 -46.6 -59.2 23 12.6 -47.0 263 114 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12093 -55.6 -68.3 19 12.7 -55.8 264 123 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 13894 -61.8 -77.7 10 16.0 -61.9 264 96 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16397 -63.6 -83.8 5 20.2 -63.8 249 59 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.58 m Freezing level: 617.12 mb = 4088.28 m = 13412.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.31 mb = 3379.52 m = 11087.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.79 mb = 955.56 m = 3135.01 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 19.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1810.29 m = 5939.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 39.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1120.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.98 mb = 1524.79 m = 5002.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.98 mb = 2094.58 m = 6871.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.98 mb = 10723.32 m = 35181.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1111.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.98 mb = 14019.21 m = 45994.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 400.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 7.98 Bulk Shear: 140.42 m/s