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: 42.21,-92.01 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 979 279 21.6 16.2 71 5.4 18.0 98 8 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.8 11.88 2 950 541 19.0 13.8 72 5.2 15.7 103 12 296.5 298.4 290.8 326.8 10.49 3 900 1004 15.9 11.1 73 4.9 12.9 113 15 297.9 299.6 290.2 324.8 9.24 4 850 1487 12.2 9.0 81 3.2 10.3 118 18 298.9 300.5 289.9 323.8 8.49 5 800 1993 8.8 6.2 84 2.6 7.3 119 20 300.5 301.9 289.5 322.6 7.45 6 750 2524 5.8 3.0 82 2.8 4.3 115 21 302.8 304.0 289.3 321.9 6.35 7 700 3087 2.7 -0.3 81 3.0 1.2 107 21 305.5 306.5 289.3 321.8 5.36 8 650 3683 -0.3 -4.5 73 4.2 -2.3 95 17 308.6 309.4 289.3 321.7 4.21 9 600 4319 -4.4 -8.4 73 4.0 -6.1 97 18 311.0 311.7 289.3 321.7 3.37 10 550 5001 -7.1 -21.3 31 14.2 -11.3 97 22 315.6 315.9 288.7 319.9 1.27 11 500 5738 -11.9 -18.9 56 7.0 -14.1 99 23 318.5 318.9 290.0 324.3 1.72 12 450 6537 -16.8 -17.9 91 1.1 -17.1 114 24 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.1 2.08 13 400 7411 -22.6 -22.8 98 0.2 -22.7 109 20 325.6 325.9 292.0 330.9 1.53 14 350 8376 -30.1 -30.3 98 0.2 -30.2 121 22 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.3 0.88 15 300 9454 -39.1 -45.3 52 6.2 -39.5 128 30 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.22 16 250 10674 -49.9 -52.3 76 2.4 -50.0 123 32 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.12 17 200 12100 -57.7 -64.8 40 7.1 -57.8 133 24 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 13914 -58.2 -78.6 6 20.4 -58.5 199 5 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16444 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.1 221 8 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.83 m Freezing level: 655.21 mb = 3621.10 m = 11880.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.76 mb = 3287.28 m = 10784.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.23 mb = 963.94 m = 3162.49 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 10.91 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1630.15 m = 5348.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.31 mb = 1365.56 m = 4480.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.31 mb = 2229.75 m = 7315.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 577.31 mb = 4621.19 m = 15161.19 ft B at Equ Level: 22.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 527.31 mb = 5326.67 m = 17475.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.2 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 135.2 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -12.1 tot: 8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 8.20 m/s