MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512101200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512101200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 12 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 184 SFC 996 213 -3.8 -5.6 87 1.8 -4.4 303 9 269.6 270.0 268.9 276.4 2.51 2 950 587 -7.4 -7.6 99 0.1 -7.5 304 17 269.7 270.0 268.5 275.8 2.27 3 900 1007 -7.2 -9.1 87 1.8 -7.8 310 22 274.1 274.4 271.1 280.0 2.14 4 850 1454 -5.8 -10.8 68 5.0 -7.4 310 26 280.0 280.4 274.4 285.7 1.97 5 800 1929 -5.4 -16.6 41 11.2 -8.5 316 34 285.4 285.6 276.3 289.3 1.30 6 750 2434 -7.4 -27.8 18 20.4 -11.6 320 42 288.5 288.6 276.7 290.1 0.52 7 700 2968 -9.9 -36.2 10 26.3 -14.1 316 45 291.5 291.6 277.8 292.3 0.25 8 650 3535 -13.5 -27.8 29 14.2 -16.3 310 47 293.6 293.8 279.4 295.6 0.60 9 600 4139 -17.7 -22.9 64 5.2 -18.8 300 50 295.6 295.8 280.8 298.8 1.01 10 550 4784 -21.7 -24.9 76 3.1 -22.3 298 55 298.3 298.5 281.8 301.3 0.92 11 500 5481 -24.6 -27.8 74 3.3 -25.1 307 76 303.1 303.2 283.7 305.6 0.77 12 450 6246 -26.5 -30.6 68 4.1 -27.2 304 106 309.9 310.0 286.1 312.2 0.66 13 400 7092 -30.0 -38.8 42 8.8 -31.0 305 116 316.0 316.1 287.8 317.2 0.33 14 350 8030 -36.6 -40.8 65 4.3 -37.0 302 125 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.31 15 300 9078 -45.6 -46.6 89 1.1 -45.6 300 131 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.19 16 250 10263 -56.5 -57.1 93 0.6 -56.5 298 131 322.0 322.1 289.5 322.3 0.07 17 200 11654 -61.2 -64.3 66 3.1 -61.3 299 115 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.03 18 150 13443 -60.1 -81.0 5 21.0 -60.3 296 91 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 15963 -62.3 -85.1 3 22.8 -62.5 293 66 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5297.15 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.67 % Est. max temperature: 6.98 C = 44.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.25 mb = 437.45 m = 1435.18 ft T: -5.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 0.56 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.07 mb = 3279.56 m = 10759.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.25 C = 66.65 F Cap Strength: 18.35 C Lifted Index: 21.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 31.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.87 C Showalter Index: 14.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.74 C Cross Totals Index: 13.78 C K Index: -18.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 127.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19305.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.76 mb = 754.04 m = 2473.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.1 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 337.1 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 129.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 17.15 m/s