MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 42.02,-93.49 Latitude: 42.02 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 302 22.8 15.8 64 7.1 18.1 170 15 299.2 301.4 292.7 333.7 11.78 2 950 415 22.9 15.5 63 7.4 17.9 173 24 300.4 302.5 293.0 334.9 11.74 3 900 884 19.1 14.6 75 4.5 16.1 182 33 301.2 303.3 293.2 335.6 11.69 4 850 1373 14.9 13.2 90 1.6 13.8 189 36 301.7 303.8 293.1 335.2 11.33 5 800 1884 11.3 9.1 86 2.2 9.9 207 37 303.2 304.9 291.8 330.3 9.10 6 750 2421 8.1 4.6 79 3.4 6.1 207 36 305.4 306.7 290.8 326.9 7.13 7 700 2989 6.4 -16.2 18 22.6 -1.9 216 41 309.6 309.9 286.9 314.6 1.54 8 650 3591 1.4 -8.9 46 10.3 -3.0 213 45 310.5 311.1 288.8 320.1 3.00 9 600 4229 -3.8 -8.9 68 5.1 -6.0 211 48 311.7 312.3 289.3 322.0 3.24 10 550 4909 -8.7 -16.8 52 8.1 -11.4 208 46 313.7 314.1 288.7 319.9 1.87 11 500 5641 -13.3 -21.1 52 7.8 -15.5 203 45 316.9 317.1 289.3 321.7 1.42 12 450 6437 -17.6 -22.7 64 5.1 -19.0 196 51 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.8 1.37 13 400 7308 -23.5 -28.4 64 4.9 -24.5 193 65 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.7 0.92 14 350 8272 -30.2 -33.8 71 3.6 -30.8 198 65 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.3 0.63 15 300 9348 -39.2 -40.4 89 1.2 -39.3 191 65 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.5 0.38 16 250 10566 -50.2 -53.0 72 2.8 -50.3 186 70 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 17 200 11994 -58.2 -60.6 74 2.4 -58.2 202 74 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 13791 -61.9 -77.8 10 15.9 -62.1 218 57 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16308 -58.9 -84.4 2 25.5 -59.3 258 44 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.25 m Freezing level: 636.70 mb = 3760.43 m = 12337.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.92 mb = 2849.73 m = 9349.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.41 mb = 1199.43 m = 3935.09 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 20.92 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1600.46 m = 5250.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.52 C K Index: 18.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 892.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.32 mb = 1419.35 m = 4656.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.32 mb = 1880.39 m = 6169.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 710.32 mb = 2868.31 m = 9410.36 ft B at Equ Level: 21.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.32 mb = 13777.94 m = 45202.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.4 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 234.4 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 14.10 Bulk Shear: 63.31 m/s