MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-93.15 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -93.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 977 318 25.9 13.2 45 12.7 17.7 205 13 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.0 9.79 2 950 559 24.1 10.5 42 13.6 15.6 212 26 301.7 303.2 290.7 326.6 8.41 3 900 1033 26.2 6.4 28 19.8 14.3 233 42 308.5 309.8 291.5 329.1 6.72 4 850 1534 22.9 5.0 31 17.9 12.3 233 37 310.2 311.4 291.7 330.1 6.46 5 800 2057 18.8 3.4 36 15.4 9.9 231 31 311.2 312.3 291.7 330.1 6.10 6 750 2606 13.9 2.2 45 11.7 7.3 225 26 311.7 312.8 291.8 330.4 6.00 7 700 3183 8.5 0.9 59 7.6 4.4 223 23 311.9 313.0 291.7 330.1 5.84 8 650 3789 3.1 -3.4 62 6.5 -0.1 229 20 312.5 313.3 290.8 326.9 4.57 9 600 4433 -0.6 -20.0 21 19.4 -7.0 232 19 315.4 315.7 288.7 319.9 1.31 10 550 5122 -5.0 -29.4 13 24.5 -11.2 236 18 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.3 0.61 11 500 5864 -9.6 -35.4 10 25.8 -14.9 242 17 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.7 0.37 12 450 6669 -14.5 -39.0 11 24.5 -18.8 259 19 325.0 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.29 13 400 7550 -21.1 -36.7 23 15.6 -23.7 273 23 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.41 14 350 8520 -29.3 -36.7 49 7.4 -30.3 276 29 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.47 15 300 9599 -38.6 -41.6 73 3.0 -38.9 286 38 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.33 16 250 10823 -48.6 -53.1 60 4.5 -48.8 291 51 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 17 200 12260 -57.6 -63.8 45 6.2 -57.8 296 51 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 14045 -63.0 -78.8 10 15.8 -63.1 283 47 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16511 -66.7 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.8 264 24 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.96 m Freezing level: 607.91 mb = 4331.10 m = 14209.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.09 mb = 3775.44 m = 12386.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.06 % Est. max temperature: 35.38 C = 95.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.48 mb = 1944.84 m = 6380.62 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 10.52 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.32 mb = 3697.47 m = 12130.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.12 C = 98.82 F Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lifted Index: 2.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.75 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 14.67 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5320.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.29 mb = 2863.02 m = 9393.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.6 neg: -63.1 tot: 101.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.01 Bulk Shear: 5.80 m/s