MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 41.55,-90.29 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 201 SFC 1000 204 6.2 -1.6 57 7.8 2.9 194 7 279.4 279.9 276.0 288.8 3.39 2 950 626 10.8 -3.8 35 14.7 4.4 211 23 288.2 288.7 280.0 297.0 3.02 3 900 1075 8.8 -6.0 34 14.8 2.6 221 20 290.6 291.1 280.7 298.6 2.71 4 850 1546 7.5 -13.2 21 20.7 0.0 229 16 294.0 294.3 280.9 299.0 1.63 5 800 2044 7.5 -20.8 11 28.2 -1.4 239 13 299.1 299.3 282.2 302.1 0.91 6 750 2574 6.4 -20.8 12 27.3 -2.3 254 13 303.6 303.7 284.1 306.7 0.97 7 700 3137 4.4 -21.4 13 25.7 -3.8 268 15 307.3 307.5 285.5 310.6 0.99 8 650 3736 1.2 -19.5 20 20.7 -5.6 277 18 310.3 310.6 286.9 314.5 1.25 9 600 4375 -2.8 -22.1 21 19.3 -8.6 277 21 312.9 313.1 287.6 316.5 1.08 10 550 5058 -7.2 -29.7 15 22.4 -12.6 276 23 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.6 0.59 11 500 5793 -12.2 -37.0 11 24.8 -16.8 274 23 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.3 0.32 12 450 6588 -18.2 -41.4 11 23.2 -21.5 265 22 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.2 0.23 13 400 7456 -24.9 -47.7 10 22.8 -27.3 259 22 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.13 14 350 8411 -32.4 -53.3 11 20.8 -33.9 258 23 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 15 300 9479 -40.8 -53.2 25 12.3 -41.5 281 28 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.09 16 250 10694 -49.8 -59.7 30 9.9 -50.1 280 33 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.05 17 200 12123 -58.0 -65.0 40 7.0 -58.2 281 39 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 13917 -61.7 -76.7 12 14.9 -61.9 287 38 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16406 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.3 288 27 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.26 m Freezing level: 635.04 mb = 3926.96 m = 12883.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.31 mb = 1552.40 m = 5093.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.34 % Est. max temperature: 20.84 C = 69.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.59 mb = 1198.44 m = 3931.85 ft T: 8.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 999.6- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 501.95 mb = 5762.77 m = 18906.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.82 C = 112.68 F Cap Strength: 19.04 C Lifted Index: 19.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.49 C Showalter Index: 17.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.73 C Cross Totals Index: -0.93 C K Index: -19.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 167.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16149.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.26 mb = 2291.30 m = 7517.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.0 neg: -8.0 tot: 79.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.53 Bulk Shear: 28.11 m/s