MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 41.22,-91.48 Latitude: 41.22 Longitude: -91.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 992 212 26.5 12.6 42 13.9 17.6 260 8 300.3 302.0 291.0 327.6 9.27 2 950 593 23.4 11.4 47 12.0 15.8 262 19 300.9 302.6 290.9 327.3 8.92 3 900 1065 22.9 9.4 42 13.5 14.5 256 28 305.1 306.6 291.7 329.8 8.23 4 850 1560 19.8 6.9 43 12.9 12.0 251 28 306.8 308.2 291.5 329.2 7.35 5 800 2078 15.7 4.1 46 11.6 9.0 241 24 307.8 309.1 291.0 327.5 6.43 6 750 2621 10.7 2.3 56 8.4 6.1 233 20 308.2 309.3 290.8 326.8 6.04 7 700 3191 5.3 1.5 76 3.8 3.3 235 16 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.2 6.12 8 650 3791 0.1 -0.6 95 0.7 -0.3 243 12 309.1 310.1 290.7 326.5 5.63 9 600 4429 -2.8 -20.0 25 17.2 -8.2 232 14 312.9 313.1 287.8 317.2 1.30 10 550 5113 -6.5 -27.3 18 20.7 -11.9 244 15 316.4 316.5 288.4 318.9 0.74 11 500 5851 -10.5 -34.7 12 24.3 -15.4 256 21 320.3 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.40 12 450 6655 -15.2 -44.4 6 29.2 -19.6 267 28 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.16 13 400 7533 -21.6 -48.7 7 27.1 -24.7 263 33 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.11 14 350 8503 -28.7 -49.8 11 21.1 -30.6 262 37 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9586 -37.8 -43.8 53 6.0 -38.3 265 43 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.26 16 250 10813 -48.4 -48.4 100 0.0 -48.4 264 51 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 17 200 12243 -59.5 -59.9 95 0.4 -59.5 270 52 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.06 18 150 14024 -62.7 -77.1 13 14.4 -62.9 280 45 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16496 -65.5 -82.9 7 17.4 -65.6 268 24 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.44 m Freezing level: 648.47 mb = 3810.93 m = 12502.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.82 mb = 3743.98 m = 12283.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.35 mb = 1978.91 m = 6492.40 ft T: 16.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.87 mb = 3029.02 m = 9937.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.52 C = 94.13 F Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 17.35 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 320.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.21 mb = 2310.59 m = 7580.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.21 mb = 3751.55 m = 12308.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 623.21 mb = 4126.54 m = 13538.35 ft B at Equ Level: 21.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 543.21 mb = 5209.31 m = 17090.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -61.5 tot: -47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.08 Bulk Shear: 4.32 m/s