MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 44.52,-90.05 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 973 339 18.3 15.6 84 2.8 16.5 219 11 293.8 295.9 290.7 326.6 11.50 2 950 541 18.4 14.4 77 4.0 15.8 224 23 295.8 297.8 290.9 327.3 10.90 3 900 1003 15.5 13.1 85 2.4 14.0 237 37 297.5 299.4 291.2 328.2 10.58 4 850 1487 13.1 11.6 90 1.6 12.1 245 37 299.9 301.8 291.6 329.6 10.12 5 800 1995 10.1 9.3 95 0.8 9.6 240 35 301.9 303.6 291.5 329.3 9.24 6 750 2530 7.3 5.5 88 1.8 6.2 238 35 304.5 305.9 290.9 327.3 7.57 7 700 3097 4.5 0.5 75 4.0 2.4 235 36 307.5 308.5 290.2 324.9 5.68 8 650 3697 0.8 -3.3 74 4.1 -1.2 244 37 309.9 310.8 290.1 324.4 4.62 9 600 4336 -3.2 -8.1 69 5.0 -5.3 243 38 312.5 313.1 289.8 323.5 3.45 10 550 5018 -8.3 -11.8 76 3.5 -9.6 241 38 314.2 314.8 289.8 323.4 2.81 11 500 5752 -12.4 -16.9 69 4.4 -13.9 242 38 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.7 2.04 12 450 6549 -17.2 -23.1 60 5.8 -18.8 243 39 321.6 321.8 290.6 326.1 1.33 13 400 7422 -23.4 -31.1 50 7.6 -24.9 246 42 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.1 0.71 14 350 8383 -31.0 -35.5 65 4.5 -31.7 246 46 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.53 15 300 9456 -39.9 -41.1 88 1.2 -40.0 241 53 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.35 16 250 10673 -50.0 -51.3 86 1.3 -50.0 241 57 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.14 17 200 12113 -53.8 -69.3 13 15.5 -54.1 239 56 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13933 -59.0 -79.5 5 20.5 -59.2 239 61 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16439 -64.2 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.4 246 39 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.97 m Freezing level: 639.43 mb = 3831.78 m = 12571.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.12 mb = 3498.42 m = 11477.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.51 mb = 690.58 m = 2265.65 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 6.26 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1646.55 m = 5401.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.04 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 33.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.71 mb = 1176.94 m = 3861.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.71 mb = 4511.33 m = 14800.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 486.71 mb = 5955.66 m = 19539.34 ft B at Equ Level: 34.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.71 mb = 7481.06 m = 24543.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.6 neg: -23.0 tot: 151.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 27.07 m/s