MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 41.27,-92.96 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 973 266 23.2 17.2 69 6.0 19.1 167 17 298.7 301.0 293.3 335.9 12.76 2 950 472 20.7 16.0 75 4.6 17.6 172 29 298.2 300.4 292.7 333.5 12.16 3 900 937 16.3 14.8 91 1.5 15.3 179 35 298.3 300.5 292.4 332.8 11.86 4 850 1421 13.6 12.7 94 1.0 13.0 196 42 300.4 302.4 292.4 332.5 10.92 5 800 1935 15.2 7.8 61 7.4 10.7 210 50 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.7 8.33 6 750 2480 11.9 2.7 53 9.2 6.8 209 49 309.5 310.7 291.3 328.7 6.22 7 700 3053 7.1 -1.1 56 8.3 2.8 211 49 310.4 311.3 290.6 326.1 5.03 8 650 3657 2.0 -4.0 64 6.0 -0.9 215 48 311.2 312.1 290.3 325.0 4.37 9 600 4297 -3.2 -11.0 55 7.8 -6.3 215 47 312.5 313.0 289.2 321.3 2.76 10 550 4980 -7.3 -25.4 22 18.1 -12.1 212 43 315.5 315.6 288.2 318.5 0.88 11 500 5715 -12.0 -34.6 13 22.6 -16.4 218 39 318.4 318.5 288.7 319.9 0.41 12 450 6512 -17.6 -38.5 14 20.9 -21.0 224 37 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.2 0.31 13 400 7382 -24.4 -39.8 23 15.4 -26.5 227 40 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.30 14 350 8340 -31.4 -35.9 65 4.5 -32.0 207 36 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.51 15 300 9411 -40.1 -42.5 78 2.4 -40.3 205 39 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.0 0.30 16 250 10630 -49.5 -57.0 41 7.5 -49.7 219 41 332.5 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12053 -60.8 -61.9 87 1.1 -60.8 239 41 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 18 150 13829 -61.8 -77.3 11 15.5 -61.9 242 55 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16349 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 249 45 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.17 m Freezing level: 630.54 mb = 3905.82 m = 12814.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.64 mb = 3512.21 m = 11522.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.37 mb = 1027.87 m = 3372.23 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 14.21 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1291.77 m = 4238.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.38 C = 75.88 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.92 mb = 1118.37 m = 3669.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.92 mb = 3582.99 m = 11755.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.92 mb = 10734.90 m = 35219.06 ft B at Equ Level: 587.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.92 mb = 13590.05 m = 44586.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.3 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 238.3 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.7 neg: -9.0 tot: 368.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 6.45 Bulk Shear: 91.09 m/s