MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 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 138 SFC 983 279 5.4 2.8 83 2.6 4.2 290 8 279.9 280.8 278.2 293.1 4.76 2 950 561 8.5 -0.5 53 8.9 4.4 312 29 285.8 286.5 280.0 296.9 3.89 3 900 1006 7.0 -5.0 42 12.1 2.0 317 31 288.7 289.2 280.1 297.3 2.92 4 850 1474 5.0 -10.6 31 15.6 -0.7 313 30 291.4 291.8 280.2 297.4 2.00 5 800 1966 2.2 -17.3 22 19.5 -3.9 308 32 293.5 293.7 280.1 297.3 1.22 6 750 2483 -0.9 -19.3 23 18.4 -6.3 304 37 295.6 295.8 280.9 299.1 1.10 7 700 3031 -2.8 -23.7 18 21.0 -8.3 295 42 299.4 299.6 282.2 302.0 0.80 8 650 3616 -4.8 -38.1 5 33.3 -10.9 292 42 303.5 303.6 283.1 304.3 0.22 9 600 4241 -8.3 -26.4 22 18.1 -12.6 302 49 306.5 306.7 284.9 309.0 0.74 10 550 4910 -13.0 -26.0 33 13.0 -16.0 309 58 308.7 308.8 285.8 311.5 0.84 11 500 5629 -17.8 -29.1 37 11.3 -20.0 304 65 311.3 311.5 286.6 313.7 0.69 12 450 6408 -23.5 -31.1 50 7.6 -24.8 301 71 313.7 313.8 287.4 315.9 0.63 13 400 7259 -29.4 -34.8 60 5.3 -30.2 296 82 316.7 316.8 288.2 318.5 0.50 14 350 8196 -37.3 -40.4 73 3.1 -37.6 298 81 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.32 15 300 9242 -45.5 -49.0 67 3.5 -45.7 312 83 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.8 0.15 16 250 10438 -52.5 -58.7 47 6.1 -52.7 312 77 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.06 17 200 11859 -56.9 -67.5 25 10.6 -57.1 295 88 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13698 -55.3 -81.8 2 26.4 -55.7 285 56 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16233 -61.7 -85.0 3 23.3 -61.9 285 37 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5490.94 m Freezing level: 764.86 mb = 2329.50 m = 7642.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 863.76 mb = 1342.70 m = 4405.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.31 % Est. max temperature: 17.51 C = 63.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.03 mb = 612.61 m = 2009.85 ft T: 8.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.15 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.62 mb = 4091.20 m = 13422.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Cap Strength: 12.59 C Lifted Index: 13.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.75 C Showalter Index: 12.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 7.20 C K Index: -8.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 123.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14256.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.05 mb = 1874.57 m = 6150.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.6 neg: -5.4 tot: 112.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 10.93 m/s