MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 42.35,-93.74 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 980 334 19.4 8.9 51 10.4 13.2 113 10 294.2 295.6 287.2 315.4 7.33 2 950 597 16.0 7.7 58 8.3 11.3 116 15 293.4 294.7 286.6 313.5 6.95 3 900 1054 14.7 7.6 62 7.1 10.6 134 12 296.7 298.0 288.1 318.0 7.31 4 850 1539 14.6 8.3 66 6.3 10.9 234 9 301.5 303.0 290.5 325.6 8.12 5 800 2050 12.2 5.9 65 6.3 8.5 243 14 304.2 305.5 290.6 326.1 7.28 6 750 2588 8.3 3.6 72 4.7 5.7 227 16 305.6 306.9 290.5 325.7 6.63 7 700 3154 3.8 1.6 85 2.3 2.7 218 18 306.7 307.9 290.4 325.5 6.14 8 650 3752 -0.3 -1.0 95 0.7 -0.7 220 14 308.6 309.7 290.4 325.5 5.46 9 600 4389 -3.9 -4.8 94 0.8 -4.3 213 12 311.6 312.4 290.5 325.6 4.47 10 550 5072 -7.9 -8.7 94 0.8 -8.2 213 13 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.3 3.60 11 500 5807 -12.4 -13.0 95 0.7 -12.6 218 13 318.0 318.5 290.9 327.2 2.81 12 450 6604 -17.5 -18.4 92 0.9 -17.8 225 12 321.3 321.6 291.2 328.0 1.99 13 400 7476 -23.7 -24.7 92 1.0 -23.9 222 14 324.2 324.4 291.3 328.7 1.29 14 350 8436 -31.7 -33.0 88 1.3 -31.9 233 14 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.68 15 300 9504 -40.9 -42.3 86 1.4 -41.0 263 18 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 16 250 10716 -50.7 -53.4 73 2.7 -50.8 274 22 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 17 200 12147 -57.0 -64.5 38 7.5 -57.1 294 27 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13932 -62.1 -74.6 17 12.5 -62.3 271 34 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16442 -62.7 -83.8 4 21.1 -62.9 261 25 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.22 m Freezing level: 653.58 mb = 3709.50 m = 12170.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.23 mb = 3626.32 m = 11897.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.61 mb = 1652.61 m = 5421.89 ft T: 14.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 1.92 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.41 mb = 3160.92 m = 10370.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.05 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 33.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9127.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.23 mb = 1808.74 m = 5934.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: -11.0 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 51.39 m/s