MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 25 DEC 25 Station: 42.1,-88.9 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 989 256 1.8 0.0 88 1.8 1.1 48 8 275.8 276.4 274.8 286.4 3.87 2 950 584 4.0 0.0 75 4.0 2.2 56 19 281.3 282.0 277.9 292.5 4.02 3 900 1028 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.7 50 10 289.7 290.8 284.5 307.7 6.32 4 850 1501 9.0 -1.1 49 10.2 4.2 34 9 295.6 296.4 284.5 307.9 4.14 5 800 2002 8.1 -10.3 26 18.4 0.7 11 10 299.8 300.2 284.0 306.6 2.18 6 750 2532 6.2 -14.1 22 20.3 -1.3 326 14 303.3 303.6 284.8 308.7 1.71 7 700 3094 3.2 -16.5 22 19.7 -3.7 309 22 306.1 306.3 285.7 310.9 1.50 8 650 3690 -0.4 -19.3 23 18.8 -6.5 300 27 308.5 308.7 286.3 312.7 1.28 9 600 4326 -3.5 -25.4 17 21.8 -9.5 295 36 312.0 312.2 287.0 314.8 0.81 10 550 5008 -7.3 -29.6 15 22.4 -12.6 291 43 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.5 0.60 11 500 5743 -12.9 -29.4 24 16.5 -16.6 288 45 317.3 317.5 288.6 319.7 0.67 12 450 6536 -18.6 -32.5 28 13.9 -21.2 290 53 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.8 0.55 13 400 7404 -24.7 -38.4 27 13.7 -26.6 297 52 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.35 14 350 8360 -32.4 -42.3 37 9.9 -33.4 306 64 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.0 0.26 15 300 9426 -41.6 -46.9 56 5.4 -41.9 305 76 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.19 16 250 10633 -52.0 -52.7 92 0.7 -52.1 307 84 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.11 17 200 12043 -62.4 -62.8 94 0.5 -62.4 308 107 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 18 150 13793 -66.1 -73.8 33 7.8 -66.1 303 98 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16254 -67.6 -84.7 7 17.1 -67.7 314 82 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.72 m Freezing level: 655.75 mb = 3621.71 m = 11882.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 782.38 mb = 2185.27 m = 7169.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.96 % Est. max temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.55 mb = 478.10 m = 1568.54 ft T: 3.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 989.24 mb = 256.48 m = 841.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.02 C = 37.44 F Cap Strength: 18.05 C Lifted Index: 18.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.52 C Showalter Index: 10.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.93 C Cross Totals Index: 11.77 C K Index: 1.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14362.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.03 mb = 1045.96 m = 3431.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.8 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 334.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: -52.1 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 17.58 m/s