MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 41.07,-90.12 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 983 216 20.5 17.5 83 3.0 18.5 233 13 295.1 297.4 292.3 332.2 12.93 2 950 510 17.3 16.3 94 0.9 16.7 236 21 294.7 296.9 291.7 330.2 12.40 3 900 970 14.4 14.3 100 0.0 14.4 247 23 296.3 298.4 291.6 329.5 11.49 4 850 1452 12.3 11.6 95 0.7 11.9 252 20 299.0 300.8 291.3 328.6 10.11 5 800 1960 10.1 7.2 82 2.9 8.5 258 17 302.0 303.4 290.5 325.8 8.01 6 750 2494 6.8 3.4 79 3.4 4.9 261 18 304.0 305.2 289.9 323.7 6.54 7 700 3058 3.2 0.2 81 3.0 1.6 254 20 306.0 307.0 289.6 322.9 5.54 8 650 3655 -0.6 -3.4 81 2.9 -1.9 248 26 308.3 309.2 289.5 322.5 4.56 9 600 4291 -4.3 -11.1 59 6.8 -7.0 249 40 311.1 311.6 288.7 319.8 2.72 10 550 4970 -9.3 -16.1 58 6.8 -11.6 246 49 313.0 313.4 288.6 319.5 1.98 11 500 5699 -14.7 -19.4 67 4.7 -16.1 244 55 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.6 1.64 12 450 6488 -19.9 -26.1 58 6.2 -21.2 244 61 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.7 1.01 13 400 7353 -24.7 -31.8 52 7.1 -25.9 234 69 322.9 323.1 290.3 325.3 0.67 14 350 8313 -30.6 -39.3 42 8.7 -31.7 221 75 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.36 15 300 9391 -38.2 -45.2 48 6.9 -38.8 211 77 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.23 16 250 10618 -48.3 -51.2 71 3.0 -48.4 210 82 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.14 17 200 12055 -57.0 -65.6 33 8.6 -57.1 226 71 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13870 -56.3 -78.6 5 22.2 -56.6 256 54 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16403 -62.5 -83.8 4 21.3 -62.7 257 43 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.60 m Freezing level: 657.62 mb = 3564.13 m = 11693.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.22 mb = 3324.63 m = 10907.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.82 mb = 592.60 m = 1944.20 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 812.78 m = 2666.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.18 C = 70.13 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 26.27 C K Index: 35.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.12 mb = 782.01 m = 2565.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.12 mb = 921.95 m = 3024.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 835.12 mb = 1600.36 m = 5250.45 ft B at Equ Level: 12.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.12 mb = 11892.47 m = 39016.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -17.7 tot: 39.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 19.03 Bulk Shear: 24.95 m/s