MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 41.91,-93.23 Latitude: 41.91 Longitude: -93.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 982 292 25.8 9.8 36 16.1 16.0 142 14 300.5 301.9 289.8 323.4 7.74 2 950 581 22.4 8.1 40 14.4 13.8 145 22 300.0 301.3 289.0 321.0 7.12 3 900 1047 17.9 7.2 49 10.8 11.6 148 23 300.0 301.3 289.0 320.9 7.08 4 850 1532 13.3 6.3 63 7.0 9.3 151 23 300.1 301.4 289.0 321.0 7.05 5 800 2038 9.1 4.1 71 5.0 6.4 158 24 300.9 302.1 288.8 320.1 6.44 6 750 2573 8.5 -6.7 33 15.2 1.7 173 23 305.8 306.4 287.2 315.4 3.07 7 700 3140 5.5 -7.1 40 12.6 -0.2 179 18 308.6 309.2 288.3 318.7 3.21 8 650 3742 2.6 -10.2 38 12.8 -2.8 176 14 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.6 2.70 9 600 4386 -0.4 -13.7 36 13.3 -5.5 189 9 315.6 316.1 289.6 322.9 2.21 10 550 5076 -4.6 -18.1 34 13.5 -9.2 206 8 318.6 319.0 290.0 324.3 1.67 11 500 5819 -9.5 -23.2 32 13.7 -13.5 176 8 321.4 321.7 290.4 325.5 1.18 12 450 6623 -15.7 -30.4 27 14.7 -18.8 230 6 323.5 323.7 290.6 326.0 0.68 13 400 7500 -22.2 -41.0 16 18.8 -24.8 230 9 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.26 14 350 8466 -29.5 -50.8 11 21.2 -31.4 304 14 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.10 15 300 9545 -38.5 -51.3 25 12.7 -39.3 297 14 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 16 250 10771 -48.0 -61.0 21 13.1 -48.3 261 12 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.04 17 200 12211 -56.9 -66.0 30 9.2 -57.0 260 12 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14005 -61.9 -79.3 8 17.3 -62.1 291 17 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16489 -65.0 -83.3 6 18.3 -65.1 269 12 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.52 m Freezing level: 606.91 mb = 4296.67 m = 14096.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.29 mb = 3089.61 m = 10136.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.48 mb = 2296.13 m = 7533.15 ft T: 8.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.10 mb = 3691.00 m = 12109.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.84 C = 98.30 F Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lifted Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.47 C Showalter Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 15.81 C K Index: 16.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7324.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.27 mb = 2373.58 m = 7787.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.3 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 197.3 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.6 neg: -1.9 tot: 65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 8.77 m/s