MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 42.15,-94.06 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 969 326 27.3 11.9 38 15.4 17.4 194 19 303.2 304.8 291.7 330.1 9.04 2 950 494 24.7 10.3 40 14.4 15.7 196 30 302.2 303.7 290.8 326.8 8.28 3 900 964 20.0 9.1 49 10.9 13.3 198 36 302.1 303.6 290.6 326.2 8.08 4 850 1453 15.4 8.1 61 7.4 11.0 200 38 302.3 303.8 290.6 326.1 7.98 5 800 1964 11.7 5.8 67 5.9 8.3 206 41 303.6 305.0 290.4 325.3 7.24 6 750 2503 10.2 2.3 58 7.9 5.9 212 52 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.2 6.04 7 700 3073 6.6 -4.5 45 11.1 1.3 218 50 309.8 310.6 289.4 322.1 3.92 8 650 3677 2.7 -16.8 22 19.5 -4.3 225 50 312.0 312.3 287.8 317.2 1.57 9 600 4318 -2.5 -19.4 26 16.9 -8.0 218 49 313.2 313.5 288.0 317.8 1.37 10 550 5001 -7.0 -24.8 23 17.8 -11.8 219 45 315.8 316.0 288.4 319.0 0.93 11 500 5738 -11.6 -28.5 23 16.9 -15.6 229 44 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.73 12 450 6536 -17.5 -33.1 25 15.5 -20.5 235 47 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.52 13 400 7406 -24.0 -41.0 19 17.0 -26.2 243 50 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.27 14 350 8368 -30.8 -42.3 31 11.5 -32.0 256 48 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.26 15 300 9442 -39.4 -47.4 42 8.0 -39.9 258 50 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.18 16 250 10661 -49.8 -53.7 63 4.0 -49.9 256 51 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12094 -56.4 -65.0 33 8.6 -56.6 255 48 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13909 -58.0 -77.8 6 19.9 -58.2 264 47 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16441 -62.2 -83.9 4 21.7 -62.4 251 32 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.24 m Freezing level: 624.35 mb = 4005.79 m = 13142.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.37 mb = 3209.90 m = 10531.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.87 mb = 2252.12 m = 7388.76 ft T: 10.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.01 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.20 mb = 3271.22 m = 10732.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5879.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.53 mb = 2320.95 m = 7614.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 288.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 48.37 m/s