MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 42.46,-90.47 Latitude: 42.46 Longitude: -90.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 992 258 27.4 13.2 42 14.2 18.2 106 5 301.3 303.1 291.7 329.9 9.67 2 950 632 22.6 11.3 49 11.4 15.5 112 5 300.2 301.8 290.6 326.2 8.85 3 900 1099 18.4 9.8 57 8.6 13.1 120 4 300.5 302.0 290.4 325.5 8.49 4 850 1587 15.4 5.4 51 10.1 9.7 103 1 302.3 303.5 289.4 322.1 6.62 5 800 2097 11.2 2.6 56 8.6 6.5 85 1 303.1 304.1 288.9 320.5 5.77 6 750 2633 9.0 -8.8 28 17.7 1.3 117 5 306.3 306.8 286.9 314.6 2.62 7 700 3201 6.7 -15.2 19 21.9 -1.6 135 7 309.9 310.2 287.2 315.4 1.68 8 650 3806 4.1 -22.5 12 26.6 -4.4 141 7 313.6 313.8 287.7 316.9 0.96 9 600 4452 0.8 -30.8 7 31.6 -7.5 141 7 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.8 0.49 10 550 5144 -4.0 -34.5 7 30.5 -10.9 174 5 319.4 319.4 289.0 320.7 0.37 11 500 5888 -9.1 -38.0 8 28.9 -14.8 218 7 321.9 322.0 289.6 323.0 0.29 12 450 6694 -14.8 -37.6 12 22.8 -18.9 222 11 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.33 13 400 7573 -21.4 -38.6 20 17.1 -24.1 228 12 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.34 14 350 8542 -28.9 -39.9 34 11.0 -30.3 263 13 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.1 0.34 15 300 9629 -36.2 -40.5 64 4.3 -36.6 263 13 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.37 16 250 10866 -46.9 -47.9 89 1.0 -47.0 300 17 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.20 17 200 12306 -57.4 -60.2 70 2.8 -57.4 266 22 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.06 18 150 14115 -60.6 -75.4 13 14.7 -60.8 271 11 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16619 -65.1 -83.3 6 18.2 -65.3 301 7 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.15 m Freezing level: 591.33 mb = 4572.24 m = 15000.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.21 mb = 2887.30 m = 9472.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.66 mb = 2037.74 m = 6685.42 ft T: 11.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 15.28 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3164.65 m = 10382.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.76 C = 96.36 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 14.52 C K Index: 8.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6025.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.55 mb = 2101.74 m = 6895.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.0 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 178.0 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -3.4 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 1.39 m/s