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: 43.85,-93.52 Latitude: 43.85 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -25 SFC 957 355 18.8 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 132 15 295.7 298.0 292.1 331.3 12.38 2 950 415 19.1 16.3 84 2.8 17.2 136 21 296.6 298.8 292.3 332.3 12.37 3 900 879 17.5 14.7 84 2.8 15.7 162 37 299.6 301.7 292.8 334.1 11.79 4 850 1367 15.2 12.1 82 3.1 13.3 184 39 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.2 10.50 5 800 1879 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 191 40 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.1 9.41 6 750 2415 7.6 5.9 89 1.7 6.6 194 40 304.8 306.2 291.2 328.2 7.77 7 700 2981 5.6 -5.6 44 11.2 0.4 196 35 308.7 309.4 288.8 320.0 3.60 8 650 3583 1.7 -14.9 28 16.6 -4.4 202 37 310.9 311.3 287.8 316.9 1.85 9 600 4222 -3.0 -22.3 21 19.3 -8.8 203 40 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.2 1.07 10 550 4904 -7.5 -30.1 14 22.6 -12.8 201 42 315.2 315.3 287.8 317.2 0.57 11 500 5639 -12.7 -31.4 19 18.7 -16.7 197 41 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.5 0.55 12 450 6433 -18.9 -34.0 25 15.1 -21.6 193 44 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.48 13 400 7298 -25.6 -29.9 67 4.3 -26.3 188 52 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.6 0.80 14 350 8253 -31.7 -32.2 95 0.5 -31.8 194 59 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.6 0.73 15 300 9324 -40.2 -40.2 100 0.0 -40.2 195 50 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.38 16 250 10542 -50.2 -51.7 85 1.4 -50.3 181 56 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.13 17 200 11959 -59.9 -62.3 73 2.4 -60.0 198 56 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 18 150 13749 -59.5 -79.1 6 19.7 -59.7 220 63 367.6 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16286 -60.1 -84.4 3 24.3 -60.3 247 45 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.35 m Freezing level: 631.85 mb = 3814.99 m = 12516.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.58 mb = 3032.70 m = 9949.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.16 mb = 660.80 m = 2167.96 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1607.14 m = 5272.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.60 C = 78.08 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 769.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.15 mb = 1186.84 m = 3893.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.15 mb = 2055.44 m = 6743.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.15 mb = 2944.39 m = 9659.97 ft B at Equ Level: 33.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.15 mb = 13620.03 m = 44684.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.9 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 222.9 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.8 neg: -11.1 tot: 358.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 8.44 Bulk Shear: 91.14 m/s