MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 25 DEC 25 Station: 42.1,-89.1 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 990 253 4.9 -0.1 70 5.1 2.7 87 12 278.9 279.6 276.4 289.5 3.82 2 950 584 1.4 -1.3 82 2.7 0.3 91 19 278.7 279.3 276.0 288.8 3.66 3 900 1021 6.0 0.8 69 5.2 3.5 119 20 287.7 288.5 281.5 300.6 4.51 4 850 1492 8.2 -0.7 53 8.9 3.9 146 14 294.8 295.5 284.3 307.4 4.28 5 800 1993 8.1 -10.8 25 19.0 0.6 175 10 299.8 300.2 283.9 306.3 2.09 6 750 2523 6.2 -14.0 22 20.2 -1.3 236 10 303.3 303.6 284.8 308.8 1.72 7 700 3085 3.3 -16.9 21 20.3 -3.7 268 17 306.2 306.4 285.7 310.9 1.45 8 650 3682 0.4 -18.5 23 18.9 -5.8 286 25 309.4 309.7 286.7 313.9 1.37 9 600 4320 -2.9 -20.4 24 17.5 -8.4 293 34 312.8 313.0 287.8 317.0 1.26 10 550 5003 -7.8 -21.8 32 13.9 -11.9 292 40 314.8 315.0 288.4 318.9 1.22 11 500 5735 -13.4 -22.8 45 9.4 -15.9 292 45 316.7 316.9 289.0 320.9 1.22 12 450 6529 -18.5 -21.8 75 3.4 -19.4 294 55 320.0 320.3 290.3 325.1 1.48 13 400 7398 -24.4 -24.6 98 0.2 -24.4 293 58 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.8 1.31 14 350 8357 -31.3 -31.6 98 0.3 -31.4 297 69 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.3 0.78 15 300 9429 -40.3 -40.3 100 -0.0 -40.3 299 71 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.38 16 250 10643 -51.0 -51.0 100 0.0 -51.0 300 80 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.14 17 200 12056 -62.0 -62.7 92 0.7 -62.0 303 92 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 18 150 13821 -64.5 -75.1 22 10.6 -64.6 303 94 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16276 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 305 78 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.54 m Freezing level: 643.71 mb = 3762.14 m = 12342.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.34 mb = 2155.30 m = 7071.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.58 % Est. max temperature: 21.76 C = 71.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.01 mb = 887.61 m = 2912.09 ft T: 4.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 1.08 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 555.27 mb = 4927.65 m = 16166.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.50 C = 104.91 F Cap Strength: 20.06 C Lifted Index: 20.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.82 C Showalter Index: 10.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.64 C Cross Totals Index: 12.74 C K Index: 0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17091.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.67 mb = 1200.40 m = 3938.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.0 neg: -14.0 tot: 278.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 21.72 m/s