MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 41.41,-94.98 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -94.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 969 384 19.6 0.5 28 19.1 9.9 324 15 295.4 296.1 284.4 307.4 4.08 2 950 553 16.8 -1.7 28 18.4 7.9 325 21 294.2 294.9 283.3 304.8 3.56 3 900 1009 12.3 -2.7 35 15.0 5.3 325 22 294.2 294.8 283.2 304.5 3.47 4 850 1484 7.8 -3.7 44 11.5 2.7 323 21 294.3 295.0 283.2 304.5 3.42 5 800 1980 4.7 -9.3 36 14.0 -0.8 315 24 296.1 296.5 282.7 303.3 2.36 6 750 2507 5.2 -15.2 21 20.4 -2.1 288 31 302.2 302.5 284.2 307.1 1.56 7 700 3068 2.8 -10.0 38 12.8 -2.4 281 36 305.6 306.1 286.6 313.6 2.55 8 650 3663 -1.7 -5.0 78 3.3 -3.2 287 43 307.0 307.8 288.6 319.6 4.04 9 600 4296 -4.9 -8.2 78 3.3 -6.2 281 45 310.5 311.1 289.2 321.4 3.44 10 550 4977 -7.2 -13.8 59 6.5 -9.6 278 53 315.5 316.0 289.8 323.4 2.40 11 500 5716 -9.9 -19.6 45 9.7 -12.9 279 58 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.5 1.62 12 450 6520 -15.9 -23.2 53 7.3 -17.9 279 61 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.8 1.31 13 400 7396 -22.3 -30.3 48 8.0 -23.9 270 58 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.77 14 350 8361 -30.0 -40.1 37 10.1 -31.2 266 53 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.6 0.33 15 300 9438 -39.2 -46.7 45 7.5 -39.7 271 55 330.2 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.19 16 250 10659 -49.1 -53.0 63 3.9 -49.3 276 63 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 17 200 12089 -59.6 -66.8 38 7.2 -59.7 277 66 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.02 18 150 13848 -67.9 -74.7 37 6.8 -67.9 266 65 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 19 100 16306 -64.2 -83.9 5 19.7 -64.4 265 38 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.98 m Freezing level: 668.92 mb = 3437.51 m = 11277.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 811.58 mb = 1862.28 m = 6109.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.77 % Est. max temperature: 19.64 C = 67.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.67 mb = 2752.34 m = 9029.86 ft T: 4.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 2.96 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 497.36 mb = 5756.35 m = 18885.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.10 C = 113.18 F Cap Strength: 12.79 C Lifted Index: 15.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.55 C Showalter Index: 16.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.71 C Cross Totals Index: 6.18 C K Index: 1.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11750.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.82 mb = 2863.20 m = 9393.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -7.3 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 89.84 m/s