MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 41.88,-93.03 Latitude: 41.88 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 979 289 24.1 17.1 65 7.0 19.4 237 8 299.1 301.4 293.3 335.9 12.63 2 950 550 21.6 15.3 67 6.3 17.5 238 15 299.1 301.3 292.6 333.1 11.62 3 900 1016 17.3 14.2 82 3.0 15.3 237 17 299.3 301.4 292.4 332.6 11.41 4 850 1502 13.6 11.9 89 1.7 12.6 237 20 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.9 10.35 5 800 2012 12.0 8.2 78 3.7 9.7 233 27 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.6 8.58 6 750 2552 10.3 5.4 72 4.9 7.5 238 37 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.7 7.52 7 700 3124 7.2 2.2 70 5.1 4.5 238 45 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.4 6.41 8 650 3729 2.2 -0.2 84 2.4 0.9 242 43 311.5 312.5 291.6 329.5 5.79 9 600 4370 -2.8 -4.2 90 1.4 -3.4 252 41 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.7 4.69 10 550 5054 -7.8 -9.9 85 2.1 -8.7 253 43 314.8 315.5 290.4 325.4 3.28 11 500 5789 -12.2 -17.5 64 5.4 -13.9 249 43 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.6 1.93 12 450 6587 -17.1 -26.8 43 9.7 -19.4 250 40 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.1 0.95 13 400 7459 -24.1 -25.7 87 1.6 -24.5 249 42 323.7 323.9 291.1 327.8 1.18 14 350 8421 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 238 49 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.89 15 300 9498 -39.2 -39.7 95 0.5 -39.2 242 57 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.40 16 250 10716 -50.5 -50.7 99 0.1 -50.5 243 59 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.15 17 200 12140 -58.0 -64.2 45 6.3 -58.1 249 64 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13925 -62.8 -76.4 15 13.5 -63.0 256 63 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16413 -64.5 -83.6 6 19.1 -64.6 251 59 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.48 m Freezing level: 627.99 mb = 4011.27 m = 13160.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.64 mb = 3857.82 m = 12656.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.14 mb = 1176.67 m = 3860.41 ft T: 16.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 6.35 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1517.21 m = 4977.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 32.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 476.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.45 mb = 1358.51 m = 4457.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.45 mb = 3735.91 m = 12256.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.45 mb = 10991.36 m = 36060.45 ft B at Equ Level: 474.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.45 mb = 13168.43 m = 43203.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 166.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 7.62 Bulk Shear: 62.49 m/s