MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 41.74,-95.87 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 965 349 17.8 16.4 91 1.5 16.9 190 10 294.0 296.2 291.4 328.9 12.22 2 950 478 17.0 16.0 94 1.0 16.4 189 17 294.4 296.6 291.5 329.2 12.14 3 900 938 14.3 14.3 100 0.0 14.3 199 27 296.3 298.4 291.5 329.4 11.47 4 850 1421 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 227 29 299.1 301.0 291.7 330.1 10.61 5 800 1928 10.0 9.7 98 0.3 9.8 250 26 301.8 303.6 291.7 329.9 9.50 6 750 2463 7.6 5.0 83 2.6 6.1 240 22 304.8 306.2 290.8 326.8 7.30 7 700 3029 4.0 -0.7 72 4.6 1.6 215 26 306.9 307.8 289.6 322.8 5.20 8 650 3627 -0.3 -5.2 69 4.9 -2.5 210 33 308.7 309.4 289.1 321.2 4.01 9 600 4262 -5.1 -8.6 76 3.5 -6.5 213 36 310.2 310.9 289.0 320.7 3.32 10 550 4939 -10.0 -12.3 83 2.4 -10.8 214 40 312.3 312.8 289.0 321.0 2.70 11 500 5669 -13.3 -19.6 59 6.3 -15.2 209 57 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.3 1.62 12 450 6464 -18.2 -20.6 81 2.4 -18.9 201 64 320.3 320.7 290.5 325.9 1.64 13 400 7334 -23.9 -24.9 92 1.0 -24.1 219 53 323.9 324.2 291.2 328.3 1.27 14 350 8295 -31.1 -33.5 80 2.3 -31.4 206 52 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.2 0.65 15 300 9366 -40.3 -42.3 81 2.0 -40.5 206 60 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 16 250 10580 -51.2 -51.8 93 0.6 -51.2 205 67 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 17 200 11989 -62.6 -62.9 95 0.4 -62.6 214 55 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.04 18 150 13772 -59.3 -78.9 6 19.5 -59.5 220 42 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16308 -57.5 -84.5 2 27.0 -57.9 259 37 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.01 m Freezing level: 653.08 mb = 3590.11 m = 11778.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.47 mb = 3257.20 m = 10686.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.56 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.88 mb = 533.14 m = 1749.11 ft T: 16.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 9.39 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 892.07 m = 2926.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.91 C = 67.83 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 289.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.60 mb = 866.54 m = 2842.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.60 mb = 2998.41 m = 9837.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.60 mb = 8040.23 m = 26378.39 ft B at Equ Level: 289.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.60 mb = 12553.31 m = 41184.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.32 Bulk Shear: 45.79 m/s