MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 42.01,-93.43 Latitude: 42.01 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 220 SFC 990 299 3.1 -2.4 67 5.4 0.9 314 10 277.0 277.5 274.5 285.9 3.24 2 950 635 2.6 -5.7 54 8.3 -0.6 337 26 279.8 280.3 275.2 287.2 2.63 3 900 1071 0.9 -9.7 45 10.6 -2.7 336 27 282.5 282.8 275.8 288.4 2.04 4 850 1527 -3.0 -12.6 48 9.5 -6.0 333 29 283.0 283.3 275.6 288.0 1.71 5 800 2005 -4.0 -19.0 30 15.0 -8.0 335 33 286.9 287.1 276.7 290.1 1.06 6 750 2515 -3.5 -21.7 23 18.2 -8.2 334 38 292.8 292.9 279.4 295.6 0.89 7 700 3059 -4.6 -26.6 16 22.0 -9.8 323 38 297.3 297.5 281.1 299.4 0.62 8 650 3638 -7.7 -32.3 12 24.5 -12.6 309 39 300.2 300.3 282.0 301.5 0.39 9 600 4256 -10.8 -44.5 4 33.7 -15.5 296 45 303.6 303.6 283.0 304.0 0.12 10 550 4919 -15.4 -40.9 9 25.5 -19.0 288 51 305.8 305.9 284.0 306.5 0.20 11 500 5631 -19.7 -45.7 8 26.0 -22.6 275 63 309.1 309.1 285.1 309.5 0.13 12 450 6410 -22.4 -50.4 6 28.0 -25.1 262 85 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.4 0.08 13 400 7265 -27.8 -51.0 9 23.3 -29.7 259 91 318.9 318.9 288.5 319.3 0.09 14 350 8214 -32.9 -53.8 11 20.9 -34.3 257 98 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.07 15 300 9283 -39.7 -57.8 13 18.1 -40.5 255 105 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 16 250 10509 -47.5 -61.3 19 13.8 -47.9 257 107 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.04 17 200 11961 -52.8 -69.0 12 16.3 -53.1 263 91 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13803 -54.8 -79.3 3 24.5 -55.2 273 68 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16364 -59.5 -84.0 3 24.5 -59.8 284 40 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5411.08 m Freezing level: 888.27 mb = 1178.27 m = 3865.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 965.55 mb = 503.65 m = 1652.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.98 % Est. max temperature: 9.76 C = 49.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.14 mb = 980.99 m = 3218.42 ft T: 1.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 0.40 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.93 mb = 4489.13 m = 14727.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 16.79 C Lifted Index: 18.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.74 C Showalter Index: 18.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.62 C Cross Totals Index: 7.10 C K Index: -17.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19414.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.76 mb = 1774.31 m = 5821.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.5 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 331.5 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -33.9 tot: -30.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 98.35 m/s