MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 43.5,-87.29 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -87.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 993 175 16.8 16.7 99 0.2 16.7 173 4 290.5 292.7 290.1 324.5 12.09 2 950 557 16.2 15.8 98 0.4 16.0 226 6 293.6 295.7 291.1 327.7 11.97 3 900 1017 14.4 13.9 97 0.5 14.1 233 14 296.4 298.4 291.3 328.6 11.17 4 850 1499 11.9 11.6 98 0.2 11.7 235 20 298.6 300.4 291.2 328.2 10.16 5 800 2005 9.6 8.7 94 1.0 9.0 232 23 301.4 303.0 291.0 327.6 8.83 6 750 2539 6.8 5.4 91 1.4 5.9 235 25 303.9 305.3 290.7 326.4 7.50 7 700 3103 2.9 2.2 95 0.7 2.5 236 30 305.7 306.9 290.3 325.3 6.43 8 650 3701 0.1 -0.5 96 0.6 -0.2 241 34 309.1 310.1 290.7 326.7 5.69 9 600 4340 -3.1 -3.9 95 0.7 -3.5 246 36 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.6 4.80 10 550 5025 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.2 247 38 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.6 3.92 11 500 5763 -10.8 -11.4 95 0.6 -11.1 249 37 319.8 320.4 291.8 330.3 3.19 12 450 6565 -16.0 -16.3 98 0.3 -16.2 249 36 323.1 323.5 292.0 331.1 2.37 13 400 7441 -22.2 -22.2 100 0.0 -22.2 239 35 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.7 1.61 14 350 8408 -29.4 -29.4 100 0.0 -29.4 231 36 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.6 0.96 15 300 9488 -38.2 -38.2 100 0.0 -38.2 228 38 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.47 16 250 10714 -48.4 -48.5 100 0.0 -48.4 231 35 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.19 17 200 12140 -61.5 -61.7 97 0.2 -61.5 240 46 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 18 150 13879 -64.1 -75.0 21 10.9 -64.1 264 76 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16386 -64.4 -83.6 5 19.2 -64.6 251 52 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.18 m Freezing level: 648.49 mb = 3720.68 m = 12206.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.90 mb = 3653.14 m = 11985.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.23 mb = 194.18 m = 637.06 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 3.39 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 895.75 m = 2938.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.94 C = 71.50 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 33.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.31 mb = 671.23 m = 2202.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.31 mb = 2846.96 m = 9340.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 642.31 mb = 3796.30 m = 12454.90 ft B at Equ Level: 29.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 532.31 mb = 5277.88 m = 17315.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 69.27 m/s