MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 41.54,-93.82 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 972 290 17.2 16.0 92 1.2 16.4 189 12 292.7 294.8 290.6 326.3 11.82 2 950 485 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 193 22 293.2 295.2 290.7 326.4 11.67 3 900 944 13.7 13.7 100 -0.0 13.7 216 33 295.6 297.6 291.0 327.3 11.02 4 850 1425 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 236 28 298.0 299.8 290.8 326.8 9.88 5 800 1930 8.7 8.6 99 0.1 8.7 233 22 300.5 302.1 290.7 326.4 8.81 6 750 2463 6.0 4.7 91 1.4 5.2 219 17 303.1 304.4 290.1 324.5 7.13 7 700 3027 3.9 -3.5 59 7.3 0.4 211 23 306.8 307.5 288.7 319.8 4.22 8 650 3624 -0.5 -6.9 62 6.4 -3.3 218 30 308.4 309.0 288.5 319.4 3.51 9 600 4259 -5.2 -9.5 72 4.3 -7.0 228 31 310.1 310.7 288.7 319.9 3.09 10 550 4936 -9.9 -12.7 80 2.9 -10.9 222 37 312.4 312.9 289.0 320.8 2.61 11 500 5666 -14.4 -18.3 72 3.9 -15.6 215 41 315.5 315.9 289.2 321.5 1.81 12 450 6456 -20.0 -27.2 52 7.3 -21.5 211 47 318.2 318.3 289.2 321.3 0.91 13 400 7318 -26.8 -32.1 61 5.3 -27.6 208 54 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.65 14 350 8266 -33.4 -34.5 89 1.1 -33.5 199 61 323.7 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.59 15 300 9330 -41.5 -41.5 100 -0.0 -41.5 188 71 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.34 16 250 10542 -50.9 -51.0 100 0.0 -51.0 179 83 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.14 17 200 11956 -60.6 -63.7 67 3.1 -60.7 193 70 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.04 18 150 13762 -58.5 -79.6 5 21.1 -58.7 238 42 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.4 0.00 19 100 16321 -58.6 -84.4 2 25.8 -59.0 273 18 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.06 m Freezing level: 655.83 mb = 3554.84 m = 11662.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.97 mb = 3085.19 m = 10121.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.47 % Est. max temperature: 23.79 C = 74.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.57 mb = 444.39 m = 1457.95 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 7.95 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 823.23 m = 2700.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.45 C = 67.00 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 290.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.64 mb = 779.21 m = 2556.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.64 mb = 1596.65 m = 5238.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 742.64 mb = 2543.61 m = 8345.06 ft B at Equ Level: 20.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.64 mb = 11567.38 m = 37950.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.5 neg: -19.8 tot: 162.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 14.48 Bulk Shear: 20.06 m/s