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: 44.44,-91.22 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 968 309 23.2 18.1 73 5.1 19.7 211 11 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.8 13.63 2 950 476 22.7 16.1 66 6.6 18.2 217 22 300.2 302.4 293.3 336.0 12.22 3 900 945 19.0 14.1 73 4.9 15.8 229 30 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.4 11.31 4 850 1434 15.2 11.9 80 3.3 13.1 237 37 302.1 304.0 292.4 332.7 10.34 5 800 1945 11.5 9.7 89 1.8 10.4 237 42 303.4 305.2 292.2 331.7 9.50 6 750 2482 8.2 5.8 85 2.4 6.8 236 41 305.5 307.0 291.4 328.9 7.73 7 700 3050 5.7 -1.6 60 7.3 2.0 244 37 308.7 309.7 289.9 323.8 4.86 8 650 3653 2.6 -12.2 32 14.9 -3.3 250 42 311.9 312.4 288.5 319.4 2.30 9 600 4294 -2.1 -16.0 33 14.0 -7.0 246 50 313.7 314.1 288.6 319.7 1.82 10 550 4978 -7.6 -18.3 42 10.7 -11.1 242 54 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.5 1.64 11 500 5711 -13.7 -20.6 56 7.0 -15.6 239 58 316.4 316.7 289.2 321.4 1.48 12 450 6502 -19.9 -22.8 77 3.0 -20.6 240 65 318.3 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.35 13 400 7365 -26.3 -27.9 86 1.7 -26.6 245 79 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.2 0.96 14 350 8316 -33.1 -45.9 27 12.8 -34.2 243 87 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.18 15 300 9383 -39.9 -53.2 23 13.2 -40.6 251 100 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.09 16 250 10610 -47.0 -59.8 22 12.8 -47.4 259 118 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 17 200 12056 -56.1 -67.6 22 11.5 -56.3 261 123 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13856 -61.5 -78.8 8 17.3 -61.6 263 99 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16377 -61.9 -84.0 4 22.0 -62.1 245 58 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.95 m Freezing level: 622.08 mb = 4011.17 m = 13159.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.03 mb = 3273.48 m = 10739.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.49 mb = 959.17 m = 3146.84 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 19.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1701.48 m = 5582.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1042.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.11 mb = 1452.43 m = 4765.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.11 mb = 2017.09 m = 6617.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.11 mb = 10266.09 m = 33680.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1042.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.11 mb = 13727.68 m = 45037.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.1 neg: -8.9 tot: 206.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 12.93 Bulk Shear: 80.60 m/s