MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 43.23,-88.94 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 973 274 21.4 13.4 60 8.0 16.3 180 25 296.9 298.7 290.5 325.7 9.96 2 950 482 20.1 12.9 63 7.2 15.5 182 44 297.6 299.4 290.7 326.3 9.89 3 900 946 15.9 12.1 78 3.8 13.5 185 55 297.9 299.7 290.8 326.7 9.91 4 850 1429 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.8 193 63 298.8 300.6 291.3 328.4 10.13 5 800 1937 10.3 9.6 95 0.7 9.9 208 59 302.1 303.8 291.7 330.0 9.39 6 750 2472 7.6 6.7 94 0.9 7.1 206 56 304.8 306.3 291.6 329.5 8.22 7 700 3039 4.4 0.8 78 3.6 2.5 199 59 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.1 5.80 8 650 3639 1.4 -10.3 41 11.7 -3.4 194 62 310.6 311.1 288.5 319.2 2.68 9 600 4278 -3.6 -11.4 54 7.9 -6.7 195 61 312.0 312.5 288.9 320.6 2.66 10 550 4959 -8.6 -15.1 60 6.5 -10.8 198 61 313.9 314.3 289.0 320.9 2.16 11 500 5694 -11.2 -18.6 54 7.4 -13.6 194 56 319.4 319.7 290.3 325.3 1.76 12 450 6494 -16.7 -24.2 52 7.5 -18.6 190 54 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.5 1.20 13 400 7367 -23.3 -26.3 76 3.0 -24.0 192 60 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.12 14 350 8329 -30.6 -34.5 69 3.9 -31.2 197 64 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.59 15 300 9406 -38.9 -48.0 38 9.1 -39.5 197 60 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.16 16 250 10627 -49.4 -53.4 63 4.0 -49.6 195 60 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12054 -59.7 -60.4 91 0.7 -59.7 199 67 338.2 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.06 18 150 13821 -64.5 -75.1 22 10.6 -64.6 196 55 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16330 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.7 215 25 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.00 m Freezing level: 635.70 mb = 3822.06 m = 12539.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.83 mb = 3287.69 m = 10786.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.22 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.12 mb = 1289.76 m = 4231.44 ft T: 13.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.80 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 1887.82 m = 6193.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.92 mb = 1400.00 m = 4593.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.92 mb = 4571.38 m = 14997.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.92 mb = 5274.83 m = 17305.65 ft B at Equ Level: 7.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 507.92 mb = 5572.69 m = 18282.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.9 at 57.7 knts Storm direction: 225.9 at 43.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 430.3 neg: -43.7 tot: 386.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 48.66 m/s