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: 42.21,-91.93 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 971 280 22.0 17.4 75 4.6 18.9 158 16 297.7 300.0 293.2 335.3 12.98 2 950 464 20.6 16.7 78 4.0 17.9 163 27 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.9 12.65 3 900 929 16.7 15.4 92 1.3 15.8 172 35 298.7 301.0 293.0 334.6 12.33 4 850 1415 13.7 13.6 100 0.0 13.7 187 42 300.5 302.6 293.0 334.6 11.63 5 800 1925 12.0 10.6 91 1.4 11.2 211 47 304.0 305.8 292.8 334.1 10.09 6 750 2467 11.3 4.8 64 6.6 7.5 217 52 308.9 310.2 292.0 331.0 7.20 7 700 3040 7.0 0.2 62 6.8 3.4 215 50 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.5 5.54 8 650 3644 1.8 -2.3 74 4.2 -0.2 218 50 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.6 4.97 9 600 4283 -3.4 -7.3 74 3.9 -5.1 220 48 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.0 3.69 10 550 4966 -7.6 -20.7 34 13.2 -11.5 220 43 315.1 315.4 288.6 319.6 1.33 11 500 5701 -11.9 -32.6 16 20.8 -16.2 218 37 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.3 0.49 12 450 6499 -17.1 -37.5 15 20.3 -20.6 216 36 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.34 13 400 7370 -24.1 -38.1 26 14.0 -26.1 216 38 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.36 14 350 8328 -32.1 -36.0 68 3.9 -32.6 207 41 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.3 0.50 15 300 9397 -39.9 -49.7 34 9.8 -40.5 202 40 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 16 250 10620 -49.1 -53.9 57 4.8 -49.3 211 37 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 17 200 12042 -61.3 -61.5 98 0.2 -61.3 225 43 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 18 150 13810 -64.1 -75.4 20 11.4 -64.1 233 56 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16323 -59.1 -84.3 2 25.2 -59.4 251 40 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.33 m Freezing level: 632.29 mb = 3870.38 m = 12697.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.98 mb = 3606.57 m = 11832.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.07 mb = 861.96 m = 2827.93 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 15.74 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1185.76 m = 3890.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.94 C = 75.10 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.51 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 801.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.26 mb = 1050.39 m = 3446.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.26 mb = 3369.32 m = 11054.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.26 mb = 11369.26 m = 37300.26 ft B at Equ Level: 800.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.26 mb = 14137.84 m = 46383.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 484.4 neg: -13.0 tot: 471.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 6.29 Bulk Shear: 127.36 m/s