MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.37,-92.16 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -92.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 970 285 18.1 -0.7 28 18.8 8.9 234 15 293.8 294.5 283.3 304.8 3.74 2 950 462 15.5 -2.1 30 17.6 7.2 235 23 292.9 293.5 282.6 303.1 3.45 3 900 917 11.1 -2.9 38 13.9 4.7 236 26 292.9 293.5 282.6 303.1 3.44 4 850 1389 7.0 -3.2 48 10.1 2.4 246 24 293.4 294.1 283.0 303.9 3.56 5 800 1887 6.5 -2.3 53 8.8 2.4 269 25 298.0 298.8 285.4 310.1 4.04 6 750 2415 5.4 -2.7 56 8.1 1.5 259 29 302.4 303.2 287.1 315.1 4.18 7 700 2977 2.3 -3.5 65 5.9 -0.4 251 36 305.1 305.9 288.1 318.0 4.21 8 650 3571 -1.9 -5.3 78 3.4 -3.4 236 37 306.8 307.5 288.4 319.0 3.95 9 600 4203 -5.9 -8.8 80 2.9 -7.1 230 49 309.3 310.0 288.6 319.7 3.28 10 550 4879 -10.4 -12.2 86 1.8 -11.1 224 59 311.7 312.3 288.9 320.5 2.72 11 500 5607 -14.9 -15.3 97 0.4 -15.1 224 68 314.8 315.3 289.5 322.4 2.32 12 450 6396 -20.6 -20.7 100 0.0 -20.7 237 81 317.3 317.6 289.6 322.8 1.64 13 400 7255 -27.3 -31.1 70 3.9 -27.9 243 79 319.5 319.7 289.3 322.0 0.71 14 350 8204 -33.4 -43.1 37 9.7 -34.4 247 92 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.24 15 300 9268 -41.2 -47.3 52 6.1 -41.6 254 108 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.18 16 250 10482 -49.3 -59.9 28 10.7 -49.6 258 120 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 17 200 11929 -51.8 -70.4 9 18.7 -52.1 265 87 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13777 -55.4 -79.5 3 24.0 -55.8 253 60 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16308 -61.0 -84.5 3 23.5 -61.3 255 40 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.19 m Freezing level: 672.74 mb = 3300.76 m = 10829.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.09 mb = 2860.32 m = 9384.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.23 % Est. max temperature: 20.43 C = 68.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.00 mb = 2624.27 m = 8609.72 ft T: 4.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 1.78 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 567.58 mb = 4634.99 m = 15206.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.08 F Cap Strength: 10.62 C Lifted Index: 11.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.93 C Showalter Index: 11.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 11.77 C K Index: 12.86 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13347.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.03 mb = 2657.40 m = 8718.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.5 neg: -30.7 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 53.56 m/s