MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 41.54,-91.85 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 989 232 19.2 17.2 89 1.9 17.9 200 12 293.3 295.5 291.5 329.2 12.62 2 950 578 17.5 16.5 94 1.0 16.9 207 28 295.0 297.2 292.0 331.0 12.56 3 900 1042 17.5 14.0 79 3.6 15.2 233 29 299.6 301.6 292.3 332.3 11.20 4 850 1528 14.0 9.5 74 4.5 11.3 241 26 300.8 302.4 290.8 326.8 8.80 5 800 2037 10.7 6.2 74 4.5 8.1 239 28 302.6 303.9 290.2 324.8 7.45 6 750 2573 8.0 1.6 64 6.5 4.6 235 31 305.3 306.3 289.6 322.7 5.71 7 700 3139 5.3 -6.5 42 11.8 -0.0 242 31 308.4 309.0 288.3 318.9 3.35 8 650 3741 2.1 -13.3 31 15.4 -3.9 245 33 311.3 311.7 288.1 318.1 2.10 9 600 4382 -2.0 -19.6 25 17.6 -7.7 246 35 313.8 314.1 288.2 318.3 1.34 10 550 5067 -6.5 -28.4 16 21.9 -12.0 252 34 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.7 0.67 11 500 5805 -11.0 -33.3 14 22.3 -15.7 255 33 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.46 12 450 6605 -16.7 -29.8 31 13.2 -19.5 255 33 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.8 0.72 13 400 7477 -23.7 -33.6 40 9.9 -25.4 254 36 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.3 0.56 14 350 8437 -31.8 -42.8 33 11.0 -32.9 252 37 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.25 15 300 9508 -39.2 -52.2 24 13.0 -39.9 277 40 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.10 16 250 10736 -47.0 -61.3 18 14.3 -47.4 283 46 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.04 17 200 12180 -56.3 -64.7 34 8.4 -56.5 269 42 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14007 -56.5 -79.3 4 22.8 -56.8 272 38 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16517 -66.2 -83.0 8 16.8 -66.4 249 12 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.79 m Freezing level: 624.62 mb = 4066.06 m = 13339.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.42 mb = 3134.10 m = 10282.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.43 mb = 475.20 m = 1559.05 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1490.94 m = 4891.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 22.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.96 mb = 956.64 m = 3138.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.96 mb = 4461.18 m = 14636.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.96 mb = 9416.63 m = 30894.09 ft B at Equ Level: 161.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.96 mb = 10893.77 m = 35740.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.7 neg: -3.2 tot: 172.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.88 Bulk Shear: 42.10 m/s