MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 42.21,-89.11 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -89.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 990 256 26.5 12.9 43 13.6 17.7 122 2 300.5 302.2 291.3 328.4 9.47 2 950 618 22.5 11.3 49 11.2 15.5 156 3 300.0 301.7 290.6 326.2 8.87 3 900 1084 18.0 10.5 61 7.5 13.4 178 4 300.1 301.7 290.6 326.2 8.87 4 850 1571 14.6 10.0 74 4.6 11.7 225 7 301.4 303.1 291.2 328.3 9.10 5 800 2081 11.5 7.6 77 3.8 9.2 254 13 303.4 304.9 291.2 328.0 8.23 6 750 2619 10.1 -7.8 27 17.9 2.1 258 11 307.5 308.0 287.6 316.4 2.82 7 700 3190 8.3 -15.4 17 23.8 -0.8 260 8 311.7 312.0 287.8 317.1 1.64 8 650 3799 5.8 -18.7 15 24.5 -3.0 260 7 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.0 1.34 9 600 4449 2.4 -26.6 10 29.0 -6.2 266 6 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.72 10 550 5145 -2.1 -34.5 6 32.4 -9.8 277 9 321.6 321.7 289.6 323.0 0.37 11 500 5894 -7.7 -37.4 7 29.7 -13.9 289 10 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.8 0.31 12 450 6703 -13.8 -39.6 9 25.8 -18.3 298 13 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.27 13 400 7586 -20.5 -37.1 21 16.6 -23.3 293 9 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.39 14 350 8559 -27.7 -40.5 28 12.8 -29.4 301 7 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.32 15 300 9647 -36.5 -44.9 42 8.3 -37.2 353 4 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.23 16 250 10885 -45.0 -54.4 34 9.4 -45.4 23 11 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.09 17 200 12347 -54.2 -62.8 34 8.7 -54.4 43 3 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14135 -66.4 -71.9 46 5.5 -66.5 282 12 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16570 -67.8 -84.0 8 16.2 -67.9 268 20 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.82 m Freezing level: 573.51 mb = 4817.72 m = 15805.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.94 mb = 3026.94 m = 9930.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.02 mb = 1966.17 m = 6450.62 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 11.92 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3764.23 m = 12349.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.26 C = 106.26 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.27 C Showalter Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 8.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 144.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6357.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.83 mb = 2020.25 m = 6628.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 11.52 m/s