MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 41.32,-91.86 Latitude: 41.32 Longitude: -91.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 977 227 16.8 15.9 94 0.9 16.3 182 13 291.9 293.9 290.3 325.0 11.70 2 950 469 15.4 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 186 25 292.8 294.8 290.4 325.5 11.52 3 900 927 14.0 12.7 92 1.2 13.2 209 31 295.9 297.7 290.5 325.7 10.34 4 850 1409 11.8 10.0 89 1.8 10.7 228 27 298.5 300.2 290.3 325.2 9.12 5 800 1914 8.7 7.5 92 1.2 8.0 225 26 300.4 301.9 290.1 324.5 8.15 6 750 2446 5.6 5.2 97 0.4 5.4 219 25 302.7 304.0 290.2 324.8 7.41 7 700 3007 2.3 0.6 88 1.7 1.4 210 26 305.1 306.1 289.5 322.4 5.70 8 650 3603 -1.2 -4.8 76 3.7 -2.9 205 25 307.6 308.4 288.9 320.4 4.11 9 600 4236 -5.8 -8.2 83 2.4 -6.8 202 28 309.4 310.0 288.8 320.2 3.44 10 550 4912 -10.6 -12.1 89 1.5 -11.2 205 34 311.5 312.0 288.8 320.3 2.74 11 500 5637 -16.1 -18.3 83 2.2 -16.7 209 35 313.4 313.8 288.5 319.4 1.80 12 450 6421 -21.9 -22.9 92 1.0 -22.1 209 40 315.7 316.0 288.8 320.3 1.35 13 400 7279 -26.9 -30.1 75 3.1 -27.5 206 51 320.0 320.1 289.6 322.7 0.79 14 350 8229 -33.2 -38.6 59 5.4 -33.8 195 64 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.4 0.39 15 300 9292 -41.5 -43.7 79 2.2 -41.7 186 68 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.26 16 250 10507 -50.1 -56.3 48 6.2 -50.3 174 81 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.07 17 200 11933 -58.0 -67.2 30 9.2 -58.1 197 56 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 18 150 13756 -56.4 -80.1 4 23.7 -56.7 247 38 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16313 -59.2 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 259 22 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.84 m Freezing level: 666.93 mb = 3401.30 m = 11158.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3200.99 m = 10501.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.27 C = 75.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.50 mb = 340.06 m = 1115.66 ft T: 16.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.59 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1078.51 m = 3538.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.62 C = 70.92 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 331.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.70 mb = 780.72 m = 2561.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.70 mb = 2438.09 m = 7998.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.70 mb = 8014.57 m = 26294.19 ft B at Equ Level: 331.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.70 mb = 11020.24 m = 36155.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: -15.1 tot: 118.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 21.17 Bulk Shear: 15.67 m/s