MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512040000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512040000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 14 DEC 25 Station: 42.8,-94.7 Latitude: 42.80 Longitude: -94.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 229 SFC 982 375 -6.4 -7.3 93 1.0 -6.7 109 11 268.2 268.6 267.5 274.3 2.24 2 950 630 -8.4 -8.5 99 0.1 -8.4 117 21 268.7 269.0 267.6 274.4 2.12 3 900 1050 -6.2 -8.1 86 1.9 -6.8 156 27 275.1 275.5 272.0 281.5 2.30 4 850 1500 -3.7 -5.4 88 1.7 -4.4 184 24 282.3 282.8 277.0 290.8 2.99 5 800 1980 -3.1 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.3 213 23 287.8 288.5 280.7 298.5 3.69 6 750 2491 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.5 -3.5 241 26 293.0 293.7 283.1 304.4 3.87 7 700 3041 -0.7 -9.9 49 9.3 -4.3 263 35 301.7 302.2 285.2 309.7 2.57 8 650 3629 -3.9 -17.9 33 14.0 -8.2 272 41 304.6 304.9 285.0 309.2 1.44 9 600 4258 -6.7 -26.2 19 19.5 -11.6 277 45 308.4 308.5 285.7 310.9 0.75 10 550 4932 -10.7 -30.7 18 20.0 -14.9 284 49 311.4 311.5 286.5 313.3 0.54 11 500 5657 -15.9 -33.2 21 17.3 -19.1 283 54 313.6 313.7 287.2 315.3 0.46 12 450 6441 -22.1 -36.0 27 13.8 -24.2 279 58 315.4 315.5 287.7 316.8 0.39 13 400 7295 -28.8 -38.0 41 9.2 -30.0 276 64 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.36 14 350 8236 -35.7 -39.1 71 3.4 -36.0 274 69 320.6 320.7 289.3 322.0 0.37 15 300 9294 -41.8 -58.2 15 16.4 -42.5 277 69 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.6 0.05 16 250 10503 -51.4 -60.1 35 8.6 -51.7 277 68 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.05 17 200 11915 -62.0 -64.3 73 2.4 -62.0 276 78 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 18 150 13662 -66.5 -73.7 36 7.2 -66.5 275 83 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16124 -66.9 -85.1 6 18.3 -67.0 286 75 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5427.51 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.27 % Est. max temperature: 9.60 C = 49.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.60 mb = 494.70 m = 1623.01 ft T: -7.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 961.85 mb = 533.13 m = 1749.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.24 g/kg Conv temperature: -6.08 C = 21.06 F Cap Strength: 28.91 C Lifted Index: 29.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 34.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 23.62 C Showalter Index: 19.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.21 C Cross Totals Index: 10.48 C K Index: -2.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 249.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21036.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 29.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.05 mb = 921.34 m = 3022.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 605.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 605.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 201.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 27.86 m/s