MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 42.69,-90.44 Latitude: 42.69 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 112 SFC 980 282 20.6 18.0 85 2.6 18.8 222 7 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.8 13.37 2 950 555 19.6 16.2 81 3.4 17.3 215 17 297.1 299.3 292.4 332.5 12.27 3 900 1019 16.3 14.1 87 2.2 14.9 219 25 298.3 300.4 292.0 331.2 11.31 4 850 1504 13.9 11.4 85 2.5 12.3 233 34 300.7 302.6 291.7 330.2 10.01 5 800 2014 11.5 8.6 83 2.9 9.7 232 38 303.4 305.0 291.6 329.6 8.80 6 750 2552 8.9 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 241 42 306.3 307.7 291.6 329.5 7.67 7 700 3121 5.1 3.2 88 1.9 4.0 250 46 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.2 6.90 8 650 3722 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 255 49 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.2 5.98 9 600 4362 -2.8 -4.2 90 1.4 -3.5 261 52 312.9 313.7 291.0 327.6 4.68 10 550 5046 -7.3 -8.8 89 1.5 -7.9 261 53 315.4 316.1 290.9 326.9 3.58 11 500 5783 -11.5 -12.5 92 1.0 -11.9 256 51 319.0 319.5 291.3 328.6 2.93 12 450 6583 -16.3 -18.7 81 2.5 -17.0 254 50 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.4 1.93 13 400 7458 -22.7 -23.9 89 1.3 -22.9 250 53 325.5 325.8 291.8 330.4 1.38 14 350 8423 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 243 51 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.0 0.88 15 300 9499 -38.8 -38.9 99 0.1 -38.8 239 51 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.44 16 250 10722 -49.5 -49.6 98 0.1 -49.5 240 54 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 17 200 12141 -61.3 -61.5 98 0.2 -61.3 244 61 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 18 150 13913 -63.0 -76.1 16 13.1 -63.1 255 66 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16405 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 252 55 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.13 m Freezing level: 640.98 mb = 3837.39 m = 12589.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3781.20 m = 12405.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.28 mb = 606.63 m = 1990.24 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 6.81 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1461.38 m = 4794.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 225.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.57 mb = 1089.26 m = 3573.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.57 mb = 3149.25 m = 10332.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.57 mb = 9553.58 m = 31343.40 ft B at Equ Level: 224.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.57 mb = 12536.05 m = 41128.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 125.11 m/s