MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 41.00,-91.54 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 987 216 19.4 13.4 69 5.9 15.6 164 10 293.6 295.3 289.3 321.8 9.85 2 950 548 20.3 12.7 62 7.6 15.4 180 31 297.8 299.5 290.6 326.1 9.73 3 900 1014 18.5 11.5 64 7.0 14.1 195 32 300.6 302.3 291.3 328.5 9.49 4 850 1502 14.9 10.2 73 4.7 12.0 205 29 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.1 9.23 5 800 2014 14.2 -0.2 37 14.4 6.6 212 27 306.3 307.2 289.0 320.7 4.70 6 750 2557 12.1 -5.8 28 18.0 3.6 217 25 309.7 310.3 288.8 320.1 3.29 7 700 3131 8.5 -2.1 47 10.7 3.1 215 23 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.6 4.67 8 650 3739 4.1 -1.7 66 5.8 1.1 210 23 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.0 5.21 9 600 4385 -0.6 -4.0 77 3.5 -2.3 207 24 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.6 4.73 10 550 5075 -5.2 -10.1 68 4.9 -7.2 212 25 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.4 3.22 11 500 5818 -8.9 -21.0 37 12.1 -12.6 218 29 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.2 1.44 12 450 6625 -14.4 -23.1 47 8.7 -16.8 216 30 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.8 1.32 13 400 7506 -21.1 -28.9 49 7.8 -22.7 228 34 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.8 0.88 14 350 8476 -28.9 -30.5 86 1.6 -29.2 235 30 329.8 330.0 292.5 333.0 0.86 15 300 9564 -35.3 -35.8 95 0.6 -35.3 248 38 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.60 16 250 10807 -45.6 -45.6 100 0.0 -45.6 247 55 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.3 0.26 17 200 12263 -54.1 -62.3 36 8.2 -54.3 251 58 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14067 -64.3 -75.3 21 11.1 -64.4 255 53 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16485 -72.1 -82.8 18 10.8 -72.1 270 31 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.89 m Freezing level: 606.08 mb = 4306.19 m = 14127.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3948.42 m = 12953.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.43 mb = 971.93 m = 3188.72 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 8.98 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.70 mb = 3228.57 m = 10592.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.90 C = 100.23 F Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lifted Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.57 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 23.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6624.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.06 mb = 1571.15 m = 5154.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.8 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 237.8 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 175.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 20.91 m/s