MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511171200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511171200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z WED 3 DEC 25 Station: 40.4,-90.5 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -34 SFC 974 190 18.1 14.0 77 4.2 15.5 175 23 293.5 295.3 289.6 323.0 10.33 2 950 405 16.9 13.4 80 3.5 14.7 178 41 294.3 296.1 289.8 323.5 10.20 3 900 864 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.7 182 51 294.8 296.7 290.0 324.1 10.17 4 850 1343 11.1 11.1 100 0.0 11.1 198 65 297.8 299.5 290.6 326.2 9.78 5 800 1849 9.2 7.8 91 1.4 8.4 215 75 300.9 302.5 290.5 325.6 8.35 6 750 2383 7.3 3.5 77 3.8 5.2 212 75 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.3 6.57 7 700 2949 4.1 0.0 75 4.0 2.0 204 73 307.0 308.0 289.9 323.8 5.48 8 650 3548 0.0 -3.2 79 3.2 -1.5 199 71 309.0 309.8 289.8 323.4 4.65 9 600 4184 -4.3 -6.9 82 2.6 -5.5 200 72 311.1 311.8 289.7 323.1 3.79 10 550 4865 -8.0 -8.6 95 0.6 -8.3 207 72 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.2 3.62 11 500 5602 -11.4 -13.8 83 2.4 -12.3 215 65 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.63 12 450 6402 -16.9 -19.3 82 2.3 -17.6 216 70 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.2 1.85 13 400 7273 -24.3 -27.0 79 2.7 -24.9 222 77 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.1 1.05 14 350 8232 -31.5 -31.8 97 0.3 -31.5 219 91 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.1 0.76 15 300 9304 -40.1 -43.5 69 3.5 -40.4 216 89 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 16 250 10520 -50.5 -51.0 95 0.5 -50.5 212 84 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.14 17 200 11933 -62.4 -63.5 86 1.1 -62.4 221 97 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 18 150 13704 -60.2 -78.9 7 18.7 -60.4 235 87 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16264 -59.0 -85.1 2 26.0 -59.4 243 48 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.54 m Freezing level: 649.93 mb = 3548.46 m = 11641.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.75 mb = 3281.64 m = 10766.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.73 % Est. max temperature: 24.01 C = 75.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.57 mb = 718.05 m = 2355.77 ft T: 14.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1073.76 m = 3522.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.77 C = 69.38 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 2.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 29.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5981.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.51 mb = 896.10 m = 2939.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 66.8 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 50.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 12.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 749.1 neg: -146.9 tot: 602.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 200.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 172.65 m/s