MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 8 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 40 SFC 976 239 11.9 3.0 54 9.0 7.5 310 10 287.0 287.9 281.7 300.8 4.84 2 950 470 11.9 2.3 52 9.6 7.1 314 23 289.2 290.1 282.5 302.9 4.75 3 900 919 7.9 1.3 63 6.7 4.7 316 26 289.7 290.5 282.6 303.1 4.65 4 850 1387 3.8 0.0 76 3.8 2.1 304 22 290.2 291.0 282.7 303.2 4.51 5 800 1877 0.2 -2.2 84 2.4 -0.9 289 20 291.3 292.1 282.7 303.1 4.05 6 750 2391 -3.4 -6.2 81 2.7 -4.5 286 23 292.8 293.4 282.3 302.4 3.21 7 700 2933 -6.3 -11.7 66 5.4 -8.1 289 28 295.5 295.9 282.3 302.3 2.23 8 650 3509 -9.7 -15.8 61 6.1 -11.5 288 33 298.0 298.3 282.7 303.3 1.72 9 600 4123 -13.6 -20.9 54 7.3 -15.4 285 35 300.4 300.6 283.1 304.2 1.20 10 550 4778 -18.2 -28.7 40 10.4 -20.2 280 34 302.4 302.6 283.2 304.6 0.65 11 500 5481 -24.2 -33.4 42 9.2 -25.5 283 32 303.6 303.6 283.4 305.1 0.46 12 450 6240 -29.7 -44.1 24 14.3 -30.9 268 34 305.9 305.9 284.0 306.5 0.17 13 400 7070 -35.4 -48.7 25 13.2 -36.2 259 39 308.9 308.9 285.1 309.3 0.12 14 350 7987 -41.5 -56.6 18 15.1 -42.1 253 49 312.8 312.8 286.4 313.0 0.05 15 300 9021 -45.8 -61.8 15 16.0 -46.3 263 48 320.8 320.8 289.0 320.9 0.03 16 250 10226 -48.7 -68.0 9 19.3 -49.1 262 48 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.02 17 200 11687 -50.8 -74.2 5 23.4 -51.2 248 55 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13545 -53.4 -80.7 2 27.2 -53.9 268 65 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16126 -58.4 -84.3 2 25.9 -58.7 263 58 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5441.80 m Freezing level: 797.61 mb = 1901.53 m = 6238.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.36 mb = 1723.42 m = 5654.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.31 % Est. max temperature: 15.59 C = 60.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.10 mb = 1367.29 m = 4485.80 ft T: 4.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 0.86 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.38 mb = 1953.12 m = 6407.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.44 C = 61.58 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 2.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 22.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11371.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.95 mb = 1678.02 m = 5505.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.9 neg: -12.0 tot: 24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 23.99 m/s