MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512281200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512281200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 28 DEC 25 Station: 42.3,-88.4 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 974 268 7.5 7.4 99 0.1 7.5 177 5 282.8 284.0 281.8 301.1 6.64 2 950 471 9.1 8.7 97 0.4 8.9 210 16 286.4 287.7 284.2 307.2 7.45 3 900 921 10.2 6.4 77 3.8 8.1 234 24 292.1 293.3 285.8 311.3 6.71 4 850 1397 9.9 5.1 72 4.8 7.2 243 29 296.5 297.7 287.2 315.4 6.47 5 800 1899 6.9 3.3 78 3.6 5.0 240 28 298.5 299.6 287.6 316.5 6.08 6 750 2426 3.0 0.4 83 2.6 1.7 236 22 299.9 300.8 287.2 315.5 5.24 7 700 2982 -0.5 -4.4 75 3.9 -2.3 245 20 301.9 302.7 286.7 313.9 3.94 8 650 3570 -4.4 -5.8 90 1.4 -5.0 245 25 304.0 304.7 287.3 315.8 3.83 9 600 4200 -6.3 -6.9 96 0.6 -6.5 242 49 308.9 309.6 289.0 320.8 3.81 10 550 4876 -9.7 -10.2 96 0.5 -9.9 248 60 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.8 3.19 11 500 5607 -14.0 -14.3 97 0.3 -14.1 248 68 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.3 2.53 12 450 6399 -19.0 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 247 71 319.4 319.7 290.5 325.7 1.89 13 400 7265 -25.0 -25.0 100 0.0 -25.0 248 73 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.8 1.25 14 350 8221 -32.7 -32.7 100 -0.0 -32.7 248 76 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.1 0.70 15 300 9285 -41.7 -41.7 100 -0.0 -41.8 249 83 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.33 16 250 10493 -51.9 -51.9 100 0.0 -51.9 244 89 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.13 17 200 11896 -63.7 -63.9 98 0.2 -63.7 247 95 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.04 18 150 13671 -60.1 -79.4 6 19.3 -60.3 270 83 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16181 -61.8 -84.9 3 23.2 -62.0 272 64 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.90 m Freezing level: 707.14 mb = 2902.49 m = 9522.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.43 mb = 2661.10 m = 8730.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.49 % Est. max temperature: 22.14 C = 71.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.67 mb = 284.33 m = 932.84 ft T: 7.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 2.57 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 973.59 mb = 267.99 m = 879.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.07 C = 46.53 F Cap Strength: 7.72 C Lifted Index: 8.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 25.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10893.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.35 mb = 1001.34 m = 3285.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.9 neg: -42.3 tot: 130.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 13.68 m/s