MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512101200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512101200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 10 DEC 25 Station: 40.9,-91.6 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -91.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 976 212 1.6 -2.4 74 4.1 0.0 297 22 276.7 277.2 274.4 285.7 3.27 2 950 433 -0.1 -3.5 78 3.4 -1.4 299 39 277.1 277.6 274.3 285.6 3.09 3 900 862 -4.1 -5.2 92 1.1 -4.5 301 46 277.3 277.8 274.2 285.3 2.88 4 850 1310 -7.6 -8.3 94 0.7 -7.8 305 47 278.2 278.6 274.0 285.0 2.40 5 800 1780 -10.3 -11.4 92 1.1 -10.6 303 41 280.2 280.5 274.5 285.9 2.00 6 750 2275 -11.6 -12.5 93 0.9 -11.9 302 42 284.0 284.3 276.5 289.7 1.96 7 700 2804 -11.9 -13.6 87 1.7 -12.4 299 45 289.3 289.6 279.1 294.9 1.90 8 650 3368 -14.4 -17.6 77 3.1 -15.2 299 46 292.6 292.9 280.1 297.2 1.48 9 600 3971 -18.2 -22.7 68 4.5 -19.2 300 47 295.0 295.2 280.6 298.3 1.03 10 550 4614 -23.1 -28.3 62 5.2 -23.9 300 49 296.7 296.8 280.8 298.9 0.68 11 500 5304 -28.8 -35.1 55 6.3 -29.5 301 49 297.9 298.0 281.0 299.2 0.39 12 450 6049 -33.6 -48.0 22 14.4 -34.5 302 52 301.0 301.0 281.9 301.4 0.11 13 400 6873 -34.9 -64.9 3 30.0 -36.0 297 60 309.7 309.7 285.2 309.7 0.02 14 350 7800 -37.1 -64.6 4 27.5 -38.1 294 71 318.7 318.7 288.3 318.8 0.02 15 300 8856 -41.4 -66.7 5 25.4 -42.2 291 79 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.02 16 250 10080 -46.4 -70.1 5 23.7 -47.0 287 81 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.01 17 200 11544 -50.7 -75.9 4 25.2 -51.1 290 77 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13405 -53.5 -81.3 2 27.8 -53.9 296 73 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 15982 -59.1 -85.0 2 25.9 -59.4 293 60 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5284.53 m Freezing level: 951.80 mb = 417.60 m = 1370.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 976.01 mb = 215.28 m = 706.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.18 % Est. max temperature: 4.08 C = 39.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.46 mb = 718.28 m = 2356.52 ft T: -2.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 0.70 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 971.85 m = 3188.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.48 C = 36.46 F Cap Strength: 10.53 C Lifted Index: 10.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.79 C Showalter Index: 11.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 11.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 143.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.03 mb = 931.94 m = 3057.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.03 mb = 1245.41 m = 4085.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.03 mb = 1429.02 m = 4688.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 807.03 mb = 1711.77 m = 5615.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.8 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 330.8 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.5 neg: -28.7 tot: 117.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 4.97 m/s