MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 41.94,-93.43 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 977 294 19.6 10.2 55 9.3 14.0 184 13 294.7 296.1 288.1 317.9 8.03 2 950 537 18.7 9.3 54 9.5 13.1 189 26 296.2 297.6 288.3 318.7 7.74 3 900 999 16.5 8.5 59 8.1 11.7 211 39 298.5 299.9 289.1 321.2 7.74 4 850 1485 15.0 7.6 61 7.4 10.6 228 43 301.9 303.3 290.2 324.9 7.72 5 800 1996 11.5 7.3 75 4.2 9.0 232 39 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.5 8.04 6 750 2533 8.7 5.9 83 2.7 7.1 225 36 306.0 307.5 291.6 329.6 7.81 7 700 3102 5.6 2.3 80 3.3 3.8 213 40 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.6 6.48 8 650 3703 0.8 -0.7 89 1.6 0.0 207 39 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.3 5.59 9 600 4343 -3.1 -3.8 95 0.7 -3.4 217 38 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.8 4.83 10 550 5028 -6.6 -7.7 92 1.1 -7.1 223 43 316.2 317.0 291.3 328.7 3.89 11 500 5768 -10.6 -12.8 84 2.1 -11.4 233 46 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.6 2.87 12 450 6571 -15.4 -18.2 79 2.8 -16.3 232 45 323.9 324.3 291.9 330.7 2.02 13 400 7449 -22.2 -27.7 61 5.5 -23.4 232 39 326.2 326.3 291.6 329.7 0.98 14 350 8414 -30.4 -40.7 36 10.3 -31.6 238 37 327.8 327.9 291.4 329.0 0.31 15 300 9489 -39.4 -47.9 40 8.5 -40.0 232 35 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 16 250 10713 -47.1 -58.4 26 11.4 -47.5 220 49 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 17 200 12172 -52.2 -70.3 10 18.0 -52.5 220 56 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13998 -60.3 -78.3 8 18.0 -60.5 217 52 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16482 -66.5 -83.2 8 16.7 -66.7 204 25 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.40 m Freezing level: 639.19 mb = 3841.57 m = 12603.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.71 mb = 3706.97 m = 12161.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.47 mb = 1479.95 m = 4855.43 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.39 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.94 mb = 3219.26 m = 10561.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.75 C = 92.75 F Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lifted Index: 5.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.16 C Showalter Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8769.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.67 mb = 1863.26 m = 6112.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.5 neg: -42.4 tot: 238.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 57.95 m/s