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: 42.08,-91.3 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 982 263 24.9 17.0 62 7.9 19.5 258 5 299.6 301.8 293.3 336.1 12.49 2 950 552 23.1 15.0 60 8.2 17.7 229 12 300.7 302.7 292.8 334.0 11.33 3 900 1021 19.6 13.4 68 6.2 15.5 216 20 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.6 10.81 4 850 1510 15.4 12.1 81 3.3 13.3 214 26 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.3 10.47 5 800 2022 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.7 218 32 303.1 305.0 292.4 332.6 9.90 6 750 2559 9.0 7.1 88 1.9 7.8 234 42 306.3 307.9 292.2 331.9 8.45 7 700 3129 5.8 3.9 88 1.9 4.7 240 47 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.1 7.25 8 650 3732 1.3 0.8 96 0.5 1.1 246 48 310.5 311.7 291.7 329.9 6.26 9 600 4371 -3.2 -3.6 97 0.4 -3.4 252 50 312.5 313.4 291.1 327.9 4.90 10 550 5056 -7.0 -8.3 91 1.3 -7.6 256 50 315.7 316.5 291.0 327.7 3.72 11 500 5793 -11.6 -15.2 74 3.7 -12.8 255 47 319.0 319.4 290.8 326.7 2.34 12 450 6593 -16.4 -20.8 69 4.4 -17.7 252 43 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.1 1.61 13 400 7468 -23.0 -25.5 80 2.5 -23.5 243 42 325.1 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.20 14 350 8432 -30.0 -30.2 98 0.2 -30.0 238 43 328.3 328.5 292.1 331.5 0.89 15 300 9511 -38.7 -39.0 97 0.3 -38.7 243 45 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.44 16 250 10732 -49.8 -49.9 99 0.1 -49.8 242 53 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 12155 -59.8 -61.7 78 2.0 -59.8 246 61 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 18 150 13931 -63.4 -76.0 16 12.6 -63.5 255 62 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16419 -64.4 -83.6 5 19.2 -64.6 253 56 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.36 m Freezing level: 635.10 mb = 3922.40 m = 12868.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3881.43 m = 12734.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.09 mb = 1261.33 m = 4138.17 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 9.31 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1862.55 m = 6110.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.91 mb = 1631.14 m = 5351.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.91 mb = 3211.60 m = 10536.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.91 mb = 11183.46 m = 36690.69 ft B at Equ Level: 497.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.91 mb = 13421.01 m = 44031.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 340.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 4.49 Bulk Shear: 111.65 m/s