MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 23 NOV 25 Station: 42.5,-90.7 Latitude: 42.50 Longitude: -90.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 982 279 6.2 -2.9 52 9.1 2.4 239 7 280.9 281.4 276.5 289.7 3.14 2 950 550 10.3 0.9 52 9.3 5.8 264 28 287.6 288.4 281.3 300.0 4.31 3 900 998 7.5 0.6 62 6.8 4.2 285 30 289.2 290.0 282.1 302.0 4.45 4 850 1467 5.8 -5.8 43 11.7 1.0 300 30 292.3 292.8 281.7 300.9 2.90 5 800 1961 2.9 -5.6 54 8.4 -0.7 301 34 294.2 294.8 282.8 303.6 3.15 6 750 2479 -1.1 -4.0 81 2.9 -2.4 294 37 295.4 296.0 284.0 306.6 3.79 7 700 3026 -4.5 -9.4 68 4.9 -6.3 292 42 297.5 298.0 283.7 305.6 2.67 8 650 3608 -5.8 -16.9 41 11.1 -9.2 292 47 302.4 302.7 284.3 307.4 1.56 9 600 4232 -9.1 -37.7 8 28.7 -14.1 295 43 305.6 305.7 284.0 306.5 0.25 10 550 4899 -13.3 -36.8 12 23.5 -17.2 314 55 308.3 308.4 285.1 309.3 0.30 11 500 5617 -18.1 -33.8 24 15.7 -20.7 310 72 311.0 311.1 286.2 312.6 0.44 12 450 6397 -22.7 -37.2 25 14.6 -24.7 297 81 314.8 314.8 287.4 316.0 0.35 13 400 7248 -29.6 -44.5 22 15.0 -31.0 295 79 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.2 0.18 14 350 8185 -37.3 -46.8 36 9.5 -37.9 299 75 318.5 318.5 288.5 319.1 0.16 15 300 9231 -44.9 -52.4 43 7.4 -45.3 312 78 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.10 16 250 10428 -52.4 -60.7 36 8.3 -52.6 305 67 328.1 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.04 17 200 11849 -54.8 -68.9 16 14.2 -55.1 298 70 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 13696 -55.5 -83.0 2 27.5 -55.8 282 48 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16238 -61.0 -85.1 3 24.2 -61.2 291 39 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5490.66 m Freezing level: 764.09 mb = 2333.24 m = 7654.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 820.83 mb = 1751.57 m = 5746.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.63 % Est. max temperature: 18.26 C = 64.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.82 mb = 1440.12 m = 4724.75 ft T: 5.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 1.10 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.06 mb = 2868.59 m = 9411.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.17 C = 71.90 F Cap Strength: 10.41 C Lifted Index: 11.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.39 C Showalter Index: 10.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 12.21 C K Index: 13.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13326.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.22 mb = 1767.49 m = 5798.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.3 at 45.5 knts Storm direction: 329.3 at 34.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 307.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 15.33 m/s