MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 42.15,-92.01 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 971 277 22.8 17.4 72 5.4 19.1 160 16 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.2 12.98 2 950 462 21.3 16.6 75 4.7 18.1 166 28 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.5 12.61 3 900 928 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 174 35 299.2 301.5 293.1 335.2 12.31 4 850 1415 13.7 13.7 100 0.0 13.7 188 41 300.5 302.7 293.0 334.8 11.66 5 800 1925 11.8 10.8 93 1.1 11.2 211 47 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.2 10.19 6 750 2467 11.4 4.9 64 6.5 7.6 216 53 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.1 7.24 7 700 3039 7.1 0.1 61 7.0 3.4 214 51 310.3 311.4 291.0 327.4 5.50 8 650 3643 1.9 -2.2 74 4.1 -0.2 217 51 311.1 312.0 290.8 326.7 5.01 9 600 4283 -3.4 -7.1 76 3.7 -5.0 219 49 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.1 3.75 10 550 4966 -7.5 -20.7 34 13.2 -11.5 219 43 315.2 315.4 288.6 319.7 1.33 11 500 5701 -11.8 -34.3 14 22.5 -16.3 218 37 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.42 12 450 6499 -17.1 -39.5 12 22.4 -20.7 215 35 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.28 13 400 7370 -24.1 -39.3 23 15.2 -26.2 216 37 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.8 0.32 14 350 8328 -32.2 -35.9 69 3.7 -32.7 207 40 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.2 0.51 15 300 9397 -39.9 -51.7 27 11.9 -40.6 203 40 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 16 250 10619 -49.1 -53.4 60 4.3 -49.3 211 38 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.11 17 200 12042 -61.3 -61.4 98 0.1 -61.3 226 45 335.7 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.05 18 150 13811 -64.0 -75.4 20 11.4 -64.1 233 55 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16323 -59.0 -84.3 2 25.3 -59.3 250 40 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.79 m Freezing level: 632.20 mb = 3871.17 m = 12700.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.22 mb = 3615.69 m = 11862.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.07 mb = 956.19 m = 3137.06 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.38 mb = 1242.44 m = 4076.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.38 C = 75.89 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 900.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.60 mb = 1123.47 m = 3685.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.60 mb = 1368.70 m = 4490.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 824.60 mb = 1669.93 m = 5478.71 ft B at Equ Level: 4.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 784.60 mb = 2088.03 m = 6850.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 460.5 neg: -17.0 tot: 443.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.47 Bulk Rich Number: 7.66 Bulk Shear: 117.62 m/s