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,-93.00 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -93.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 966 321 16.9 0.9 34 15.9 8.8 251 13 292.9 293.7 283.5 305.3 4.23 2 950 460 14.9 -0.5 35 15.4 7.5 252 20 292.3 293.0 282.9 303.7 3.88 3 900 913 10.5 -1.4 44 11.9 4.9 254 22 292.3 293.0 282.8 303.5 3.83 4 850 1385 6.6 -1.7 55 8.4 2.8 271 22 293.1 293.8 283.2 304.7 3.95 5 800 1883 6.8 -1.6 55 8.4 2.8 281 25 298.4 299.2 285.7 311.1 4.26 6 750 2412 4.7 -2.1 61 6.8 1.4 260 30 301.6 302.4 287.1 314.9 4.36 7 700 2972 2.5 -5.4 56 7.9 -1.0 245 47 305.3 305.9 287.6 316.6 3.65 8 650 3565 -3.2 -6.0 81 2.8 -4.4 242 51 305.4 306.1 287.8 317.0 3.76 9 600 4195 -6.6 -7.6 93 0.9 -7.0 236 56 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.8 3.61 10 550 4870 -10.6 -11.0 97 0.4 -10.8 235 66 311.5 312.1 289.1 321.1 3.00 11 500 5597 -15.0 -15.1 99 0.2 -15.0 221 67 314.8 315.2 289.5 322.5 2.36 12 450 6385 -21.1 -21.2 100 0.0 -21.1 233 79 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.9 1.57 13 400 7241 -28.4 -30.6 81 2.2 -28.7 239 80 318.1 318.2 288.9 320.7 0.74 14 350 8187 -34.3 -45.8 30 11.5 -35.3 244 90 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.18 15 300 9249 -41.3 -47.7 50 6.3 -41.7 251 114 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 16 250 10464 -48.9 -59.8 27 10.9 -49.3 257 124 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 11908 -52.8 -69.0 12 16.2 -53.1 262 104 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 13765 -53.5 -80.1 2 26.6 -53.9 250 54 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16307 -60.6 -84.6 3 24.0 -60.9 258 45 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.22 m Freezing level: 677.97 mb = 3233.31 m = 10607.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.03 mb = 2731.54 m = 8961.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.23 % Est. max temperature: 20.59 C = 69.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.62 mb = 2307.24 m = 7569.59 ft T: 5.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 1.75 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.78 mb = 4184.74 m = 13729.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 10.05 C Lifted Index: 11.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.79 C Showalter Index: 10.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.58 C Cross Totals Index: 13.22 C K Index: 11.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 111.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14135.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.45 mb = 2395.73 m = 7859.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 5.7 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: -36.1 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 103.04 m/s