MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 41.71,-92.73 Latitude: 41.71 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 981 270 19.7 17.8 89 1.9 18.5 216 9 294.5 296.8 292.3 332.3 13.23 2 950 545 17.3 16.5 95 0.8 16.8 217 17 294.8 297.0 291.9 330.7 12.56 3 900 1005 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.6 228 20 296.7 298.8 291.7 330.1 11.56 4 850 1488 12.5 12.1 98 0.4 12.3 231 23 299.2 301.1 291.7 329.9 10.50 5 800 1996 9.9 9.1 95 0.7 9.4 226 25 301.7 303.3 291.3 328.7 9.12 6 750 2530 6.9 6.4 96 0.5 6.6 213 24 304.1 305.6 291.2 328.3 8.07 7 700 3095 3.9 3.6 98 0.3 3.8 200 22 306.8 308.2 291.3 328.4 7.10 8 650 3695 0.7 -0.0 95 0.7 0.3 201 22 309.7 310.8 291.1 327.9 5.88 9 600 4335 -2.6 -5.2 82 2.6 -3.8 201 25 313.1 313.9 290.8 326.8 4.33 10 550 5020 -6.9 -8.7 87 1.8 -7.7 203 29 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.5 3.60 11 500 5758 -11.4 -12.4 92 1.0 -11.8 212 26 319.2 319.7 291.4 328.9 2.96 12 450 6559 -16.3 -16.8 96 0.5 -16.5 219 27 322.7 323.2 291.8 330.4 2.28 13 400 7435 -22.5 -23.0 95 0.6 -22.7 220 27 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.0 1.50 14 350 8400 -30.1 -31.6 86 1.6 -30.3 217 27 328.2 328.3 292.0 331.0 0.77 15 300 9477 -38.9 -41.9 73 3.0 -39.2 226 24 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.32 16 250 10699 -49.7 -49.8 99 0.1 -49.7 235 34 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12124 -57.0 -61.5 56 4.6 -57.1 233 46 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 13947 -58.8 -78.9 6 20.1 -59.0 224 53 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16460 -63.2 -83.3 5 20.1 -63.4 231 28 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.25 m Freezing level: 639.77 mb = 3826.04 m = 12552.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.19 mb = 3742.21 m = 12277.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.67 mb = 502.47 m = 1648.50 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.01 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 876.95 m = 2877.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.38 C = 70.49 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.24 mb = 815.87 m = 2676.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.24 mb = 1241.13 m = 4071.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.24 mb = 6637.90 m = 21777.61 ft B at Equ Level: 99.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.24 mb = 10559.59 m = 34643.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.5 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 241.5 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -30.6 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.88 Bulk Shear: 10.12 m/s