MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 41.25,-94.87 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 374 4.0 1.4 83 2.7 2.8 297 12 279.8 280.6 277.6 291.9 4.36 2 950 521 2.2 0.6 89 1.7 1.5 299 20 279.5 280.2 277.2 291.1 4.20 3 900 955 -1.3 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 305 25 280.2 280.8 277.0 290.8 3.79 4 850 1408 -3.8 -4.1 98 0.2 -3.9 313 24 282.2 282.7 277.4 291.6 3.33 5 800 1885 -6.3 -6.5 99 0.2 -6.4 315 24 284.4 284.9 278.0 292.8 2.93 6 750 2387 -9.0 -9.4 97 0.5 -9.1 317 24 286.8 287.3 278.7 294.1 2.49 7 700 2918 -12.2 -12.8 95 0.6 -12.4 317 24 289.0 289.3 279.1 295.0 2.03 8 650 3481 -15.6 -16.4 93 0.8 -15.9 313 24 291.3 291.6 279.6 296.2 1.63 9 600 4081 -19.0 -19.5 95 0.6 -19.1 310 24 294.2 294.4 280.6 298.4 1.36 10 550 4724 -22.6 -25.4 78 2.8 -23.1 309 26 297.3 297.5 281.4 300.1 0.88 11 500 5417 -27.3 -30.3 76 2.9 -27.8 306 28 299.7 299.8 282.1 301.8 0.62 12 450 6166 -33.3 -34.0 94 0.6 -33.4 299 28 301.3 301.4 282.5 302.9 0.48 13 400 6981 -40.2 -40.5 97 0.3 -40.3 304 27 302.7 302.7 282.8 303.6 0.28 14 350 7879 -46.3 -47.5 88 1.2 -46.4 306 27 306.3 306.3 284.1 306.8 0.15 15 300 8897 -48.5 -59.8 26 11.3 -48.7 307 32 317.1 317.1 287.8 317.2 0.04 16 250 10093 -48.7 -68.6 8 20.0 -49.1 309 31 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.01 17 200 11567 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.6 292 23 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13466 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.2 295 26 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.6 0.01 19 100 16113 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.2 285 18 428.3 428.3 308.7 428.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5313.55 m Freezing level: 918.04 mb = 798.23 m = 2618.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 923.66 mb = 746.50 m = 2449.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.60 % Est. max temperature: 7.79 C = 46.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.37 mb = 705.70 m = 2315.27 ft T: 0.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 1.11 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.93 mb = 928.69 m = 3046.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.36 C = 39.86 F Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lifted Index: 8.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 18.82 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16566.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.11 mb = 927.09 m = 3041.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.4 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 339.4 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 4.45 m/s