MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512110600F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512110600F324.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 91 SFC 994 140 21.3 17.7 80 3.6 18.9 196 21 294.9 297.2 292.2 331.9 12.91 2 950 534 18.0 16.5 91 1.5 17.0 200 42 295.5 297.7 292.1 331.5 12.53 3 900 996 14.9 14.9 100 0.0 14.9 206 51 296.9 299.0 292.1 331.4 11.92 4 850 1479 12.6 12.4 98 0.2 12.4 220 60 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.6 10.68 5 800 1987 9.8 9.5 98 0.4 9.6 228 60 301.6 303.4 291.5 329.3 9.34 6 750 2522 7.2 5.8 91 1.4 6.3 229 58 304.3 305.8 291.0 327.6 7.73 7 700 3087 4.5 -2.9 59 7.3 0.9 228 57 307.4 308.3 289.1 321.1 4.43 8 650 3687 0.9 -9.1 47 10.0 -3.3 225 59 310.0 310.5 288.5 319.4 2.96 9 600 4324 -3.6 -15.3 40 11.7 -7.7 223 61 312.0 312.3 288.2 318.3 1.94 10 550 5007 -6.7 -21.0 31 14.4 -11.1 225 63 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.5 1.30 11 500 5746 -10.4 -25.2 29 14.8 -14.3 227 65 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.8 0.98 12 450 6549 -15.3 -31.8 23 16.4 -18.8 227 68 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.59 13 400 7429 -21.0 -40.7 15 19.8 -23.9 223 67 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.8 0.27 14 350 8400 -28.9 -45.4 19 16.6 -30.6 220 65 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 15 300 9481 -38.4 -49.1 32 10.7 -39.1 225 69 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 16 250 10705 -49.0 -49.4 96 0.4 -49.0 238 68 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 17 200 12129 -60.9 -62.3 83 1.4 -60.9 233 77 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.04 18 150 13879 -67.3 -75.3 31 8.0 -67.4 249 98 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 19 100 16308 -70.3 -84.3 11 14.0 -70.4 236 77 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.91 m Freezing level: 639.93 mb = 3815.26 m = 12517.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.27 mb = 3211.92 m = 10537.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.68 mb = 591.41 m = 1940.31 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.57 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 870.89 m = 2857.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 28.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.01 mb = 780.45 m = 2560.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.01 mb = 1014.61 m = 3328.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.01 mb = 5776.68 m = 18952.12 ft B at Equ Level: 121.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.01 mb = 9295.91 m = 30498.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 57.5 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 43.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 503.2 neg: -17.7 tot: 485.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 15.30 m/s