MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 41.2,-95.24 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 972 360 21.2 13.2 60 8.0 16.1 149 9 296.7 298.5 290.3 325.2 9.83 2 950 554 18.6 12.6 68 6.1 14.8 150 13 296.1 297.8 290.0 324.1 9.67 3 900 1015 14.2 11.8 85 2.5 12.7 150 14 296.2 297.9 290.0 324.2 9.67 4 850 1496 12.1 10.0 87 2.1 10.9 158 17 298.8 300.5 290.5 325.6 9.13 5 800 2003 10.1 6.9 80 3.2 8.2 159 16 301.9 303.4 290.3 325.1 7.80 6 750 2538 7.3 3.6 77 3.7 5.2 166 15 304.5 305.7 290.1 324.4 6.60 7 700 3102 3.8 -0.4 74 4.2 1.7 180 15 306.7 307.7 289.7 323.0 5.32 8 650 3701 0.9 -4.8 66 5.7 -1.7 176 14 310.0 310.8 289.6 322.9 4.12 9 600 4342 -2.1 -8.8 60 6.8 -5.0 152 13 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.2 3.27 10 550 5029 -5.7 -18.3 36 12.6 -9.9 122 12 317.4 317.7 289.6 322.9 1.65 11 500 5768 -10.9 -23.2 36 12.3 -14.4 91 11 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.8 1.18 12 450 6568 -16.8 -31.9 26 15.0 -19.8 48 11 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.2 0.59 13 400 7441 -23.6 -34.5 36 10.9 -25.4 33 8 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.51 14 350 8402 -30.8 -32.9 82 2.1 -31.1 200 2 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.69 15 300 9477 -39.2 -39.3 99 0.1 -39.2 199 12 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.42 16 250 10697 -49.9 -51.2 86 1.3 -50.0 228 13 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 17 200 12118 -59.8 -62.9 67 3.1 -59.8 244 9 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 18 150 13913 -61.0 -79.1 7 18.1 -61.2 260 29 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16395 -65.8 -83.2 7 17.5 -65.9 260 28 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.90 m Freezing level: 634.85 mb = 3895.40 m = 12780.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.57 mb = 3389.55 m = 11120.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.73 % Est. max temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.26 mb = 1365.36 m = 4479.49 ft T: 12.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2049.49 m = 6723.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 28.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6247.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.54 mb = 1362.72 m = 4470.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.2 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 179.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 35.96 Bulk Shear: 0.12 m/s