MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 41.88,-93.43 Latitude: 41.88 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 976 289 16.2 15.1 94 1.0 15.5 354 8 291.3 293.3 289.6 322.8 11.14 2 950 516 14.1 14.0 99 0.1 14.0 2 14 291.5 293.4 289.2 321.6 10.62 3 900 973 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 61 6 295.0 296.8 290.2 324.9 10.43 4 850 1453 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 180 9 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.5 10.01 5 800 1959 9.1 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 174 10 300.9 302.5 290.9 327.3 8.94 6 750 2492 6.1 5.6 96 0.5 5.8 185 11 303.2 304.6 290.6 326.1 7.63 7 700 3055 3.0 2.9 99 0.2 2.9 178 11 305.8 307.1 290.6 326.3 6.74 8 650 3653 -0.2 -0.3 99 0.1 -0.2 176 16 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.6 5.77 9 600 4291 -2.4 -6.1 76 3.7 -4.1 210 16 313.3 314.1 290.6 326.2 4.03 10 550 4978 -6.5 -12.1 64 5.6 -8.7 225 25 316.3 316.9 290.3 325.3 2.74 11 500 5715 -11.9 -13.0 91 1.2 -12.3 207 23 318.6 319.1 291.1 327.8 2.81 12 450 6514 -16.7 -17.0 97 0.4 -16.8 196 39 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.8 2.23 13 400 7389 -22.7 -22.8 99 0.1 -22.7 187 42 325.4 325.8 291.9 330.8 1.53 14 350 8354 -30.3 -30.4 100 0.1 -30.3 178 43 327.9 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.87 15 300 9431 -38.8 -38.9 99 0.1 -38.8 168 52 330.7 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.44 16 250 10653 -49.3 -49.5 98 0.2 -49.3 167 56 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12088 -55.7 -63.3 38 7.6 -55.8 202 46 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 13914 -56.9 -78.7 5 21.8 -57.2 217 31 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16447 -62.9 -83.7 4 20.8 -63.1 248 20 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.58 m Freezing level: 652.42 mb = 3623.99 m = 11889.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.39 mb = 3610.97 m = 11846.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.30 % Est. max temperature: 24.27 C = 75.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.05 mb = 418.10 m = 1371.70 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 943.26 m = 3094.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.54 C = 67.17 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 2.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7646.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.89 mb = 778.90 m = 2555.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.8 neg: -6.6 tot: 119.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 98.74 m/s