MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512100600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512100600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 16 DEC 25 Station: 38.3,-100.5 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -100.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 517 SFC 913 853 15.5 -6.0 22 21.5 5.9 280 4 296.3 296.8 283.1 304.3 2.67 3 900 974 14.1 -7.4 22 21.5 4.9 283 5 296.1 296.5 282.8 303.5 2.43 4 850 1452 11.0 -11.0 20 22.0 2.2 302 10 297.6 298.0 282.8 303.6 1.94 5 800 1956 9.8 -15.9 15 25.7 0.5 321 16 301.6 301.9 283.8 306.0 1.38 6 750 2488 6.8 -19.5 13 26.3 -1.9 328 17 304.0 304.2 284.4 307.5 1.09 7 700 3051 3.5 -23.6 12 27.1 -4.6 324 13 306.3 306.5 284.9 309.0 0.81 8 650 3647 -0.5 -26.5 12 26.0 -7.5 332 6 308.4 308.5 285.5 310.7 0.67 9 600 4281 -4.6 -31.7 10 27.1 -10.8 331 4 310.8 310.9 286.2 312.4 0.45 10 550 4959 -9.3 -31.2 15 21.9 -14.0 307 5 313.1 313.2 287.1 314.9 0.52 11 500 5687 -15.4 -23.8 49 8.4 -17.5 260 7 314.3 314.5 288.1 318.0 1.12 12 450 6473 -21.3 -21.3 100 0.0 -21.2 253 10 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.7 1.55 13 400 7330 -27.6 -27.8 98 0.2 -27.6 249 18 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.97 14 350 8277 -35.0 -35.0 100 0.0 -35.0 231 24 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.6 0.56 15 300 9331 -44.3 -44.6 97 0.3 -44.3 228 21 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.24 16 250 10530 -51.5 -60.0 36 8.5 -51.7 249 16 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 17 200 11974 -52.3 -73.2 6 20.9 -52.7 263 25 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13837 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 270 33 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16366 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.6 266 28 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.99 m Freezing level: 656.51 mb = 3569.06 m = 11709.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 789.83 mb = 2061.60 m = 6763.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.94 % Est. max temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 658.88 mb = 3537.61 m = 11606.18 ft T: 0.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.90 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 484.38 mb = 5924.00 m = 19435.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lifted Index: 10.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.83 C Showalter Index: 11.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 4.41 C K Index: -11.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13295.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.41 mb = 4105.60 m = 13469.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.5 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 334.5 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -3.7 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.43 Bulk Shear: 1.65 m/s