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: 42.2,-90.1 Latitude: 42.20 Longitude: -90.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 990 247 1.7 -0.3 86 2.1 0.8 54 8 275.6 276.3 274.5 285.9 3.76 2 950 582 4.7 1.0 77 3.7 3.0 69 19 282.0 282.7 278.6 294.1 4.32 3 900 1027 8.6 4.9 78 3.6 6.6 73 12 290.3 291.4 284.4 307.7 6.06 4 850 1501 10.2 -4.0 36 14.2 3.7 57 9 296.8 297.4 284.1 306.8 3.33 5 800 2004 9.1 -11.1 23 20.2 1.0 11 6 300.8 301.2 284.2 307.2 2.05 6 750 2536 6.8 -14.2 21 21.0 -1.0 308 11 303.9 304.2 285.1 309.3 1.70 7 700 3099 3.6 -17.0 21 20.5 -3.6 298 18 306.4 306.7 285.7 311.1 1.45 8 650 3695 -0.1 -19.1 22 19.0 -6.2 295 25 308.9 309.1 286.4 313.1 1.30 9 600 4332 -2.7 -25.3 16 22.6 -9.0 292 36 313.0 313.1 287.3 315.8 0.82 10 550 5016 -7.2 -24.1 25 16.8 -11.9 293 41 315.5 315.7 288.4 318.9 0.99 11 500 5750 -12.8 -26.6 31 13.7 -16.2 293 45 317.4 317.5 288.9 320.4 0.87 12 450 6545 -18.0 -32.4 27 14.3 -20.8 290 50 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.6 0.56 13 400 7414 -24.6 -34.1 41 9.6 -26.1 295 51 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.53 14 350 8371 -32.2 -38.4 54 6.2 -33.0 302 64 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.40 15 300 9438 -41.1 -43.0 82 1.9 -41.3 302 76 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.29 16 250 10648 -51.6 -51.8 98 0.1 -51.6 306 86 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.13 17 200 12059 -62.3 -62.5 97 0.2 -62.3 305 104 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 18 150 13813 -64.9 -74.5 26 9.5 -65.0 303 99 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16270 -68.4 -84.7 8 16.3 -68.5 308 85 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.46 m Freezing level: 651.29 mb = 3679.72 m = 12072.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.23 mb = 2263.21 m = 7425.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.60 % Est. max temperature: 23.59 C = 74.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.83 mb = 507.26 m = 1664.20 ft T: 4.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.83 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 990.09 mb = 247.08 m = 810.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.02 C = 37.44 F Cap Strength: 17.82 C Lifted Index: 18.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.60 C Showalter Index: 11.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 8.82 C K Index: -1.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 63.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15214.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.26 mb = 1098.55 m = 3604.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 5.7 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: -39.3 tot: 56.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 18.18 m/s