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: 42.55,-95.63 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 958 407 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.4 205 7 293.5 295.7 291.2 328.1 12.12 2 950 478 16.4 15.9 97 0.5 16.1 204 10 293.9 296.0 291.2 328.3 12.06 3 900 938 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 218 21 296.3 298.3 291.2 328.3 11.11 4 850 1420 11.9 11.3 96 0.6 11.5 228 24 298.6 300.4 291.0 327.6 9.94 5 800 1926 9.2 8.8 97 0.4 9.0 231 24 301.0 302.6 290.9 327.3 8.91 6 750 2460 6.6 6.1 97 0.5 6.3 223 25 303.8 305.2 291.0 327.5 7.91 7 700 3023 2.6 1.8 95 0.8 2.2 213 27 305.4 306.5 290.1 324.3 6.25 8 650 3620 -0.8 -3.1 85 2.2 -1.9 205 33 308.0 308.9 289.5 322.6 4.70 9 600 4254 -5.1 -7.0 87 1.9 -6.0 203 38 310.2 310.9 289.3 322.0 3.76 10 550 4932 -10.0 -10.8 94 0.8 -10.3 202 42 312.2 312.8 289.3 322.0 3.06 11 500 5661 -13.7 -16.3 81 2.6 -14.6 207 51 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.4 2.14 12 450 6455 -18.2 -20.2 84 2.0 -18.7 208 62 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.71 13 400 7323 -24.4 -24.5 99 0.1 -24.4 218 53 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.32 14 350 8282 -31.2 -31.9 94 0.6 -31.3 207 54 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.4 0.76 15 300 9354 -40.1 -41.4 87 1.3 -40.2 208 60 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.34 16 250 10569 -51.0 -51.5 94 0.6 -51.0 204 61 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 17 200 11980 -63.0 -63.3 97 0.3 -63.0 213 48 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.04 18 150 13752 -59.0 -79.1 6 20.2 -59.2 222 46 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16303 -58.3 -84.5 2 26.2 -58.6 255 39 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.71 m Freezing level: 662.29 mb = 3473.21 m = 11394.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.33 mb = 3335.99 m = 10944.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.27 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.76 mb = 489.60 m = 1606.28 ft T: 16.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 5.47 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.87 mb = 1043.15 m = 3422.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.99 C = 67.99 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.38 mb = 934.66 m = 3066.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.38 mb = 1870.41 m = 6136.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.38 mb = 2184.85 m = 7168.07 ft B at Equ Level: 18.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.38 mb = 11811.86 m = 38752.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 60.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.97 Bulk Shear: 51.00 m/s