MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-93.51 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 972 324 27.4 14.4 45 12.9 18.8 178 14 303.0 304.9 293.0 334.7 10.69 2 950 526 25.3 13.3 47 12.0 17.4 181 23 302.9 304.7 292.5 333.0 10.14 3 900 997 20.8 12.3 58 8.5 15.3 186 25 302.9 304.8 292.4 332.7 10.03 4 850 1488 16.1 11.4 74 4.6 13.1 191 25 303.0 304.9 292.5 332.8 10.04 5 800 2000 11.4 10.5 94 0.9 10.8 198 24 303.3 305.1 292.6 333.1 10.01 6 750 2537 8.5 7.0 90 1.5 7.6 222 24 305.8 307.3 292.0 331.1 8.40 7 700 3107 6.3 1.3 70 5.0 3.7 223 25 309.5 310.6 291.2 328.1 6.03 8 650 3711 2.2 -2.7 70 4.9 -0.2 220 31 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.7 4.84 9 600 4353 -1.4 -7.1 65 5.7 -4.0 218 29 314.5 315.2 290.7 326.5 3.74 10 550 5041 -6.1 -8.7 82 2.6 -7.2 234 32 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.5 3.60 11 500 5779 -12.2 -14.2 85 2.1 -12.9 234 29 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.6 2.54 12 450 6577 -17.0 -18.6 87 1.6 -17.5 224 36 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.95 13 400 7451 -22.8 -23.5 94 0.7 -23.0 217 37 325.3 325.6 291.8 330.3 1.43 14 350 8415 -29.9 -32.9 75 3.0 -30.4 208 34 328.4 328.6 292.0 330.9 0.68 15 300 9493 -39.3 -40.2 91 0.9 -39.4 208 34 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.5 0.39 16 250 10713 -48.9 -50.2 86 1.3 -49.0 208 43 333.3 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.15 17 200 12148 -58.2 -60.6 74 2.4 -58.2 210 52 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 13942 -59.6 -77.7 8 18.2 -59.7 237 39 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.4 -64.3 248 22 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.41 m Freezing level: 619.22 mb = 4106.28 m = 13471.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3676.00 m = 12060.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.83 mb = 1949.35 m = 6395.44 ft T: 11.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.23 mb = 2187.25 m = 7175.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 274.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.06 mb = 2041.38 m = 6697.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.06 mb = 3821.97 m = 12539.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.06 mb = 10423.65 m = 34197.93 ft B at Equ Level: 271.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.06 mb = 12433.05 m = 40790.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 8.47 Bulk Shear: 32.47 m/s