MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 42.69,-95.95 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 958 403 21.2 15.3 69 5.8 17.3 164 16 297.9 300.0 292.1 331.3 11.50 2 950 478 21.6 14.7 65 7.0 17.1 169 25 299.1 301.2 292.2 331.6 11.12 3 900 945 19.5 12.0 62 7.4 14.7 182 40 301.6 303.4 291.9 330.7 9.86 4 850 1435 16.2 9.5 64 6.7 12.1 196 45 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.4 8.80 5 800 1948 12.0 7.2 72 4.8 9.1 209 47 303.9 305.4 291.1 327.8 7.97 6 750 2484 7.6 4.2 79 3.4 5.7 217 49 304.8 306.1 290.5 325.7 6.92 7 700 3049 3.7 1.3 84 2.4 2.4 220 48 306.6 307.7 290.2 324.9 6.00 8 650 3648 0.1 -2.2 84 2.4 -1.0 223 48 309.1 310.1 290.2 324.7 5.01 9 600 4286 -3.2 -7.3 73 4.1 -5.0 227 48 312.4 313.1 290.0 324.1 3.68 10 550 4969 -8.2 -16.6 51 8.4 -11.0 223 55 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.6 1.89 11 500 5701 -13.0 -27.4 29 14.5 -16.4 214 60 317.2 317.4 288.8 320.0 0.80 12 450 6496 -17.9 -31.2 30 13.3 -20.5 211 54 320.7 320.9 289.6 323.0 0.63 13 400 7367 -23.5 -35.8 32 12.2 -25.5 207 55 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.45 14 350 8329 -30.6 -41.7 33 11.0 -31.9 203 55 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 15 300 9406 -38.3 -44.4 53 6.1 -38.8 200 51 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.4 0.25 16 250 10640 -44.8 -60.6 15 15.8 -45.4 212 52 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.04 17 200 12111 -51.1 -71.4 7 20.3 -51.5 223 54 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13959 -56.7 -79.6 4 22.8 -57.1 233 39 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16477 -63.6 -83.3 5 19.7 -63.8 238 26 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.22 m Freezing level: 647.84 mb = 3675.23 m = 12057.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.97 mb = 3463.84 m = 11364.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.29 mb = 1144.89 m = 3756.16 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 11.62 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.69 mb = 2161.47 m = 7091.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 289.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.64 mb = 1773.53 m = 5818.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.64 mb = 2576.05 m = 8451.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.64 mb = 8497.34 m = 27878.07 ft B at Equ Level: 288.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.64 mb = 10863.75 m = 35641.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.8 at 49.0 knts Storm direction: 243.8 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 473.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 2.17 Bulk Shear: 133.07 m/s