MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 152 SFC 985 279 3.5 -0.4 76 3.9 1.8 290 7 277.9 278.5 275.7 288.3 3.77 2 950 572 6.8 -3.4 48 10.2 2.5 323 27 284.1 284.6 278.2 293.0 3.13 3 900 1014 4.9 -11.6 29 16.5 -0.9 330 29 286.5 286.8 277.5 291.7 1.74 4 850 1478 2.8 -21.4 15 24.2 -3.9 323 30 289.1 289.2 277.4 291.6 0.81 5 800 1966 1.7 -38.3 3 39.9 -6.0 312 35 292.9 292.9 278.4 293.5 0.18 6 750 2484 0.2 -44.0 2 44.2 -7.4 306 40 296.8 296.8 280.1 297.2 0.10 7 700 3035 -1.6 -43.2 2 41.6 -8.8 302 42 300.7 300.7 281.8 301.1 0.12 8 650 3621 -4.3 -25.5 17 21.2 -9.7 298 46 304.1 304.2 284.0 306.6 0.74 9 600 4247 -8.5 -26.1 23 17.6 -12.7 299 50 306.3 306.5 284.9 308.9 0.76 10 550 4915 -13.3 -23.5 42 10.2 -15.8 302 55 308.3 308.5 285.9 311.8 1.05 11 500 5634 -18.0 -24.6 56 6.6 -19.5 305 65 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.6 1.04 12 450 6413 -22.9 -29.8 53 7.0 -24.1 302 74 314.5 314.6 287.8 317.0 0.72 13 400 7267 -28.7 -33.6 62 4.9 -29.4 298 82 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.7 0.56 14 350 8208 -36.4 -41.9 57 5.5 -36.9 304 83 319.6 319.7 288.9 320.7 0.28 15 300 9257 -44.8 -48.3 68 3.5 -45.0 310 87 322.2 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.16 16 250 10451 -53.8 -56.8 70 3.0 -53.9 311 90 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.07 17 200 11864 -58.7 -67.0 33 8.4 -58.8 293 93 339.8 339.9 294.3 339.9 0.02 18 150 13691 -55.9 -81.2 3 25.3 -56.2 287 65 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16226 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.3 280 42 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5481.63 m Freezing level: 744.44 mb = 2545.49 m = 8351.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 912.75 mb = 898.96 m = 2949.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.02 % Est. max temperature: 15.79 C = 60.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.47 mb = 768.04 m = 2519.77 ft T: 5.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 1.41 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 558.01 mb = 4803.76 m = 15760.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.50 C = 92.29 F Cap Strength: 15.72 C Lifted Index: 16.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.92 C Showalter Index: 17.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.81 C Cross Totals Index: -3.37 C K Index: -42.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16857.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.25 mb = 2136.23 m = 7008.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.8 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 335.8 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 12.80 m/s