MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511041200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511041200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 4 NOV 25 Station: 42.1,-89.9 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -89.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 200 SFC 995 239 6.6 -5.2 43 11.8 2.0 199 5 280.1 280.5 275.3 287.5 2.60 2 950 625 10.6 -7.1 28 17.7 3.4 216 11 288.0 288.4 279.0 294.9 2.36 3 900 1072 7.2 -7.6 34 14.8 1.3 229 9 288.9 289.3 279.5 295.9 2.39 4 850 1539 4.1 -12.6 28 16.7 -1.7 256 8 290.4 290.7 279.3 295.5 1.70 5 800 2030 2.8 -17.6 21 20.4 -3.6 270 15 294.2 294.4 280.4 297.9 1.20 6 750 2550 1.0 -9.8 44 10.8 -3.1 275 25 297.7 298.1 283.4 305.1 2.42 7 700 3102 -1.6 -8.5 60 6.8 -4.3 273 34 300.7 301.2 285.1 309.5 2.88 8 650 3690 -3.9 -9.3 66 5.4 -6.0 269 42 304.6 305.1 286.6 313.6 2.90 9 600 4320 -5.9 -8.8 80 2.9 -7.1 270 49 309.3 309.9 288.6 319.6 3.27 10 550 4996 -10.0 -12.5 81 2.6 -10.9 276 54 312.2 312.7 289.0 320.8 2.65 11 500 5724 -15.3 -16.7 89 1.4 -15.7 278 53 314.4 314.8 289.1 321.2 2.07 12 450 6512 -20.5 -21.1 95 0.6 -20.6 278 61 317.5 317.8 289.6 322.8 1.58 13 400 7373 -26.7 -27.2 95 0.5 -26.8 274 68 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.8 1.02 14 350 8321 -34.8 -35.8 91 1.0 -34.9 274 75 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.7 0.51 15 300 9381 -41.3 -53.1 27 11.7 -41.9 283 79 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.09 16 250 10597 -49.0 -56.4 42 7.4 -49.3 284 75 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12042 -54.4 -68.7 16 14.3 -54.6 283 73 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13854 -61.9 -79.4 8 17.6 -62.0 282 73 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16330 -65.6 -84.4 6 18.8 -65.7 290 55 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5524.25 m Freezing level: 730.91 mb = 2761.14 m = 9058.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 878.52 mb = 1269.52 m = 4165.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.09 % Est. max temperature: 17.21 C = 62.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.94 mb = 1732.38 m = 5683.60 ft T: 3.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 0.39 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 505.47 mb = 5640.93 m = 18506.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.54 C = 104.97 F Cap Strength: 17.65 C Lifted Index: 18.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.66 C Showalter Index: 16.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.39 C Cross Totals Index: 2.71 C K Index: -0.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 69.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16562.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.26 mb = 2622.66 m = 8604.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.5 neg: -17.4 tot: 110.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 116.50 m/s