MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512251200F099.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 99 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 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 165 SFC 988 256 -8.8 -12.8 73 4.0 -9.8 315 18 265.2 265.5 264.0 269.2 1.44 2 950 559 -12.7 -14.3 88 1.6 -13.1 320 31 264.3 264.5 263.1 267.9 1.33 3 900 969 -16.0 -16.0 100 0.0 -16.0 331 37 265.0 265.2 263.5 268.4 1.22 4 850 1402 -12.4 -15.7 77 3.3 -13.2 343 37 273.1 273.4 269.2 276.9 1.32 5 800 1867 -10.3 -14.8 70 4.5 -11.5 335 39 280.1 280.4 273.8 284.5 1.51 6 750 2365 -10.6 -16.6 61 6.0 -12.2 328 40 285.0 285.3 276.2 289.2 1.39 7 700 2893 -13.2 -24.2 39 11.0 -15.4 326 42 287.9 288.0 276.8 290.3 0.77 8 650 3452 -17.7 -25.5 51 7.8 -19.1 326 44 289.0 289.1 277.3 291.3 0.74 9 600 4045 -21.9 -31.7 41 9.8 -23.3 332 51 290.7 290.8 277.7 292.2 0.45 10 550 4683 -23.9 -42.1 17 18.2 -25.7 333 72 295.7 295.8 279.7 296.3 0.17 11 500 5373 -27.5 -49.1 11 21.6 -29.0 339 85 299.6 299.6 281.3 299.9 0.09 12 450 6122 -33.4 -49.7 18 16.3 -34.4 338 89 301.2 301.2 282.0 301.5 0.09 13 400 6940 -37.4 -59.0 9 21.5 -38.3 329 76 306.3 306.3 284.0 306.4 0.03 14 350 7857 -40.1 -63.9 6 23.8 -40.9 308 80 314.7 314.7 287.0 314.7 0.02 15 300 8900 -43.4 -63.6 9 20.2 -44.0 295 67 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.02 16 250 10116 -46.8 -70.4 5 23.6 -47.3 275 73 336.5 336.6 293.4 336.6 0.01 17 200 11581 -50.6 -76.2 3 25.6 -51.1 269 78 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13451 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 267 75 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16044 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.8 -58.1 270 65 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5207.72 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.21 % Est. max temperature: 0.65 C = 33.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.79 mb = 746.73 m = 2449.89 ft T: -14.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.30 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 836.86 m = 2745.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.31 g/kg Conv temperature: -9.24 C = 15.36 F Cap Strength: 23.26 C Lifted Index: 25.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 39.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 18.60 C Showalter Index: 18.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.03 C Cross Totals Index: 11.77 C K Index: -11.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 25.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.90 mb = 844.48 m = 2770.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.90 mb = 885.96 m = 2906.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 899.90 mb = 969.63 m = 3181.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 889.90 mb = 1054.37 m = 3459.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.4 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 3.4 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.2 neg: -1.4 tot: 167.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 14.07 m/s