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: 42.82,-95.87 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 957 413 20.4 15.5 73 4.9 17.2 169 16 297.3 299.4 292.0 331.1 11.66 2 950 478 20.8 15.0 69 5.8 17.0 171 24 298.3 300.4 292.1 331.4 11.37 3 900 945 19.2 12.1 63 7.1 14.6 182 40 301.3 303.1 291.8 330.4 9.87 4 850 1434 16.0 9.6 66 6.4 12.0 194 46 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.2 8.85 5 800 1947 11.8 7.4 74 4.4 9.2 207 49 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.0 8.10 6 750 2483 7.5 4.8 83 2.7 5.9 215 51 304.7 306.0 290.7 326.4 7.19 7 700 3048 3.6 2.2 91 1.4 2.8 219 50 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.0 6.42 8 650 3646 0.2 -1.2 91 1.3 -0.5 223 49 309.1 310.2 290.5 325.9 5.41 9 600 4285 -3.2 -5.5 84 2.3 -4.3 225 48 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.22 10 550 4967 -8.4 -13.4 67 5.0 -10.2 222 54 314.1 314.6 289.4 322.2 2.48 11 500 5699 -13.0 -25.3 35 12.3 -16.1 213 60 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.6 0.98 12 450 6495 -17.8 -29.4 36 11.6 -20.3 209 56 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.75 13 400 7365 -23.5 -34.3 36 10.8 -25.3 206 57 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.52 14 350 8328 -30.5 -39.9 39 9.4 -31.7 203 56 327.6 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.34 15 300 9405 -38.2 -42.6 63 4.4 -38.6 200 49 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.6 0.30 16 250 10638 -45.0 -58.4 21 13.4 -45.6 210 52 339.1 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.06 17 200 12110 -51.0 -71.4 7 20.4 -51.4 222 53 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13958 -56.8 -79.7 4 22.9 -57.1 232 39 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16476 -63.6 -83.4 5 19.7 -63.8 240 26 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.18 m Freezing level: 647.74 mb = 3675.12 m = 12057.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.60 mb = 3552.41 m = 11654.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.35 mb = 1037.51 m = 3403.86 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 10.82 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2125.02 m = 6971.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.15 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 264.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.87 mb = 1708.42 m = 5605.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.87 mb = 2616.57 m = 8584.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.87 mb = 8370.16 m = 27460.82 ft B at Equ Level: 262.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.87 mb = 10694.26 m = 35085.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.5 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 242.5 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 485.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 485.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 125.43 m/s