MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 41.35,-91.88 Latitude: 41.35 Longitude: -91.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 977 230 24.5 14.5 54 10.0 17.9 200 21 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.0 10.71 2 950 478 23.3 13.9 55 9.4 17.1 204 40 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.9 10.55 3 900 947 19.5 12.9 66 6.6 15.2 210 49 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.3 10.42 4 850 1438 18.6 8.9 53 9.7 12.6 229 69 305.7 307.2 292.0 331.1 8.45 5 800 1957 16.4 4.3 45 12.1 9.4 241 69 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.6 6.51 6 750 2502 12.2 3.5 55 8.7 7.2 241 66 309.8 311.0 291.7 330.0 6.57 7 700 3076 7.9 2.6 69 5.3 4.9 241 63 311.2 312.4 292.2 331.7 6.60 8 650 3682 3.0 1.2 88 1.8 2.0 234 58 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.3 6.43 9 600 4327 -1.4 -2.9 89 1.6 -2.1 211 40 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.8 5.14 10 550 5013 -6.2 -13.1 58 7.0 -8.8 204 43 316.8 317.3 290.3 325.1 2.53 11 500 5757 -7.8 -33.6 11 25.8 -13.6 214 63 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.45 12 450 6569 -12.6 -37.4 11 24.8 -17.4 225 71 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.34 13 400 7455 -19.7 -36.1 22 16.4 -22.6 235 79 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.44 14 350 8429 -28.3 -31.9 71 3.6 -28.9 235 82 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.76 15 300 9515 -37.0 -38.2 89 1.2 -37.1 233 90 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.1 0.47 16 250 10748 -46.7 -52.3 53 5.6 -47.0 234 91 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.12 17 200 12199 -54.9 -65.1 27 10.2 -55.1 250 102 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14001 -62.3 -78.1 10 15.7 -62.5 255 79 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16453 -69.7 -83.2 12 13.5 -69.8 244 47 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.64 m Freezing level: 615.76 mb = 4123.55 m = 13528.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.82 mb = 3987.54 m = 13082.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.41 mb = 1494.32 m = 4902.57 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.70 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.87 mb = 2866.04 m = 9402.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.51 C = 95.92 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 16.72 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 357.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.76 mb = 1747.82 m = 5734.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.76 mb = 4665.77 m = 15307.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 534.76 mb = 5232.50 m = 17166.78 ft B at Equ Level: 10.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 514.76 mb = 5529.83 m = 18142.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 55.5 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 41.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 631.6 neg: -33.2 tot: 598.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 81.61 m/s