MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512110600F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512110600F321.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 321 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 24 DEC 25 Station: 38.2,-88.8 Latitude: 38.20 Longitude: -88.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 995 140 20.8 17.5 81 3.3 18.6 193 20 294.4 296.7 291.9 330.8 12.73 2 950 536 17.8 16.4 92 1.4 16.9 197 41 295.2 297.5 292.0 330.9 12.44 3 900 997 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 206 51 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.8 11.78 4 850 1480 13.0 11.4 90 1.6 12.0 222 57 299.7 301.5 291.5 329.0 9.99 5 800 1988 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 9.0 224 56 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.5 8.87 6 750 2522 7.2 5.1 87 2.0 6.0 225 55 304.3 305.7 290.7 326.5 7.37 7 700 3089 5.8 -9.0 34 14.8 -0.6 230 56 308.9 309.4 288.0 317.7 2.76 8 650 3690 1.4 -11.6 37 13.0 -3.7 228 59 310.6 311.1 288.2 318.4 2.43 9 600 4328 -3.2 -18.4 30 15.2 -8.2 227 60 312.4 312.7 287.9 317.3 1.49 10 550 5012 -6.6 -26.0 20 19.3 -11.8 228 62 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.1 0.84 11 500 5751 -10.1 -33.4 13 23.3 -15.2 230 66 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.3 0.45 12 450 6555 -14.9 -38.2 12 23.4 -19.0 228 70 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.31 13 400 7435 -20.9 -38.6 19 17.6 -23.7 225 71 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.34 14 350 8407 -28.5 -42.6 24 14.2 -30.1 222 73 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.3 0.25 15 300 9489 -38.5 -44.8 51 6.3 -39.0 229 74 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.24 16 250 10711 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 231 74 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12129 -61.9 -62.0 98 0.1 -61.9 244 73 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 18 150 13876 -65.8 -76.4 22 10.5 -65.9 249 95 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16311 -70.4 -84.2 11 13.8 -70.5 239 71 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.88 m Freezing level: 634.53 mb = 3887.58 m = 12754.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.31 mb = 3038.10 m = 9967.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.98 mb = 562.76 m = 1846.30 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 13.27 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 873.54 m = 2865.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.75 C = 72.96 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: 0.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 19.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.28 mb = 769.62 m = 2524.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.28 mb = 1686.82 m = 5534.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.28 mb = 2751.96 m = 9028.64 ft B at Equ Level: 22.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 449.28 mb = 6566.98 m = 21544.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 56.4 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 492.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 492.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 16.12 m/s