MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 41.67,-93.51 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 976 274 17.5 16.5 94 1.0 16.8 218 9 292.6 294.8 290.9 327.1 12.15 2 950 507 17.2 15.9 92 1.3 16.3 218 20 294.6 296.8 291.5 329.1 12.04 3 900 970 18.2 13.0 72 5.2 14.8 252 34 300.2 302.2 292.0 331.1 10.52 4 850 1458 15.3 10.6 73 4.7 12.3 262 33 302.2 303.9 291.7 330.2 9.46 5 800 1969 11.3 8.2 81 3.1 9.4 263 33 303.2 304.7 291.3 328.7 8.56 6 750 2505 7.6 5.7 88 1.9 6.5 262 34 304.8 306.2 291.1 327.9 7.67 7 700 3071 4.2 1.5 83 2.7 2.8 258 33 307.2 308.3 290.5 325.9 6.12 8 650 3670 0.5 -3.6 74 4.1 -1.4 253 33 309.6 310.4 289.9 323.7 4.52 9 600 4308 -3.9 -8.6 69 4.8 -5.9 248 33 311.6 312.3 289.4 322.2 3.31 10 550 4988 -8.5 -12.4 73 3.9 -9.9 243 35 314.0 314.5 289.6 322.7 2.68 11 500 5721 -12.9 -15.9 79 2.9 -13.9 241 42 317.3 317.7 290.2 324.6 2.22 12 450 6517 -17.6 -20.8 76 3.2 -18.5 240 46 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.7 1.62 13 400 7389 -23.3 -25.6 81 2.3 -23.8 237 51 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.19 14 350 8352 -30.5 -31.5 91 1.0 -30.6 233 56 327.7 327.8 291.9 330.5 0.79 15 300 9427 -39.3 -39.5 98 0.2 -39.3 231 59 330.0 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.41 16 250 10647 -50.0 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.0 224 57 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.16 17 200 12070 -58.1 -63.7 49 5.6 -58.2 247 63 340.7 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 13870 -58.9 -78.4 6 19.5 -59.2 258 60 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16402 -62.4 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.6 263 23 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.74 m Freezing level: 643.85 mb = 3748.66 m = 12298.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.13 mb = 3459.85 m = 11351.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.07 mb = 398.64 m = 1307.84 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.94 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1813.90 m = 5951.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.98 mb = 1132.64 m = 3715.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.98 mb = 3094.09 m = 10151.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.98 mb = 7425.47 m = 24361.49 ft B at Equ Level: 197.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.98 mb = 11235.04 m = 36859.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.2 neg: -10.2 tot: 180.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 4.73 Bulk Shear: 41.87 m/s