MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 42.55,-93.41 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -93.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 973 354 26.2 16.1 54 10.1 19.4 127 6 301.6 303.8 293.4 336.6 11.87 2 950 566 23.5 15.1 59 8.5 17.9 137 8 301.1 303.2 293.0 334.7 11.42 3 900 1035 19.2 14.1 73 5.0 15.8 157 9 301.3 303.3 293.0 334.7 11.34 4 850 1524 14.7 13.1 90 1.5 13.7 170 11 301.5 303.6 293.0 334.7 11.24 5 800 2035 13.3 8.2 71 5.1 10.2 211 19 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.0 8.55 6 750 2579 12.3 3.7 56 8.6 7.4 232 26 309.9 311.2 291.9 330.6 6.68 7 700 3154 8.4 0.7 58 7.8 4.2 238 32 311.8 312.9 291.6 329.7 5.74 8 650 3761 3.3 -2.8 64 6.1 0.3 245 33 312.7 313.6 291.1 327.8 4.78 9 600 4403 -2.6 -5.4 81 2.8 -3.9 250 33 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.6 4.26 10 550 5086 -8.8 -9.9 92 1.1 -9.2 251 30 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.2 3.29 11 500 5817 -13.5 -22.8 46 9.3 -16.0 257 32 316.5 316.8 288.9 320.7 1.22 12 450 6610 -18.6 -32.6 28 14.0 -21.2 259 36 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.9 0.55 13 400 7479 -24.3 -39.2 24 14.9 -26.3 261 45 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.32 14 350 8437 -31.5 -43.7 29 12.2 -32.7 261 51 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.23 15 300 9511 -39.0 -52.5 23 13.5 -39.8 265 62 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 16 250 10735 -48.4 -54.2 51 5.8 -48.6 267 72 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.10 17 200 12176 -55.8 -67.2 23 11.4 -56.1 269 72 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13985 -60.7 -77.4 9 16.7 -60.9 265 57 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16476 -65.4 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.5 266 40 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.23 m Freezing level: 622.14 mb = 4118.76 m = 13512.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.95 mb = 3798.57 m = 12462.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.88 mb = 1624.74 m = 5330.45 ft T: 14.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.86 mb = 2748.50 m = 9017.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.97 C = 94.94 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 33.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 805.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.09 mb = 1652.79 m = 5422.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.09 mb = 3985.06 m = 13074.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.09 mb = 10942.31 m = 35899.53 ft B at Equ Level: 795.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.09 mb = 13497.30 m = 44281.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 205.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 7.98 Bulk Shear: 100.98 m/s