MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 41.54,-93.59 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 980 271 20.1 15.7 76 4.3 17.2 82 8 294.9 297.0 291.2 328.0 11.53 2 950 537 17.1 13.9 81 3.2 15.1 84 13 294.6 296.5 290.2 324.9 10.57 3 900 996 13.4 11.7 89 1.7 12.4 95 14 295.4 297.1 289.8 323.2 9.67 4 850 1476 11.3 8.3 81 3.1 9.5 108 19 298.0 299.5 289.3 321.7 8.08 5 800 1981 9.2 4.9 74 4.3 6.8 115 20 301.0 302.3 289.1 321.2 6.80 6 750 2513 5.8 2.1 77 3.6 3.8 118 20 302.8 303.9 289.0 320.8 5.96 7 700 3075 2.1 1.6 97 0.4 1.8 115 25 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.4 6.15 8 650 3670 -1.3 -2.1 94 0.9 -1.7 100 25 307.5 308.5 289.7 323.0 5.03 9 600 4305 -4.3 -6.3 86 2.0 -5.1 81 26 311.2 312.0 289.9 323.8 3.98 10 550 4987 -7.0 -14.2 56 7.2 -9.6 77 28 315.8 316.3 289.8 323.5 2.32 11 500 5725 -11.8 -16.8 66 5.0 -13.5 82 26 318.7 319.1 290.4 325.5 2.05 12 450 6524 -16.7 -17.4 94 0.7 -16.9 73 24 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.7 2.18 13 400 7398 -23.0 -23.4 97 0.4 -23.1 83 28 325.1 325.3 291.7 330.1 1.45 14 350 8361 -30.9 -30.9 100 0.1 -30.9 88 28 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.83 15 300 9435 -39.6 -43.1 69 3.5 -39.9 92 33 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 16 250 10654 -49.4 -61.0 24 11.6 -49.7 105 38 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.04 17 200 12085 -57.1 -65.2 35 8.1 -57.2 108 27 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 18 150 13912 -57.0 -79.2 4 22.2 -57.2 41 6 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16446 -61.3 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.5 239 5 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.52 m Freezing level: 669.14 mb = 3441.92 m = 11292.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.89 mb = 3380.02 m = 11089.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.02 % Est. max temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.10 mb = 817.54 m = 2682.20 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 7.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1326.66 m = 4352.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.33 C = 72.19 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: 2.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 30.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.18 mb = 1069.11 m = 3507.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.18 mb = 2991.87 m = 9815.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 627.18 mb = 3953.38 m = 12970.26 ft B at Equ Level: 10.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 587.18 mb = 4474.44 m = 14679.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.1 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 124.1 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -5.0 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 16.16 m/s