MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.66,-93.27 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -51 SFC 960 304 22.5 16.3 68 6.2 18.3 182 20 299.1 301.3 293.0 334.8 12.22 2 950 390 21.4 15.7 70 5.8 17.6 185 30 299.0 301.1 292.7 333.6 11.87 3 900 856 17.0 14.3 84 2.7 15.3 189 41 299.1 301.1 292.4 332.5 11.47 4 850 1342 13.3 11.9 91 1.4 12.4 198 48 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.6 10.38 5 800 1850 10.1 8.5 89 1.6 9.2 202 45 301.9 303.5 291.1 327.8 8.73 6 750 2386 8.2 1.5 63 6.7 4.6 203 41 305.5 306.6 289.6 322.9 5.71 7 700 2954 6.2 -8.3 35 14.5 -0.2 202 48 309.3 309.8 288.3 318.5 2.91 8 650 3556 1.7 -12.0 35 13.7 -3.7 203 54 310.9 311.4 288.2 318.5 2.35 9 600 4195 -3.4 -13.4 46 10.0 -7.1 203 56 312.2 312.6 288.6 319.5 2.27 10 550 4876 -8.8 -12.9 72 4.1 -10.3 203 57 313.6 314.1 289.3 322.0 2.57 11 500 5606 -14.2 -14.9 95 0.6 -14.5 202 61 315.7 316.2 289.9 323.6 2.41 12 450 6396 -20.4 -22.3 85 1.9 -20.9 200 62 317.6 317.8 289.5 322.4 1.42 13 400 7256 -27.0 -27.1 100 0.0 -27.1 203 64 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.4 1.04 14 350 8204 -35.1 -36.2 90 1.0 -35.3 199 59 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.2 0.50 15 300 9257 -43.9 -45.3 87 1.3 -44.0 211 74 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 16 250 10461 -50.1 -59.5 32 9.4 -50.4 211 75 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 17 200 11912 -50.9 -73.7 5 22.8 -51.3 230 55 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13782 -52.0 -80.9 2 28.9 -52.5 238 38 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16367 -59.6 -84.1 3 24.5 -59.9 257 29 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.46 m Freezing level: 633.17 mb = 3770.70 m = 12370.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.21 mb = 2927.61 m = 9604.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.23 % Est. max temperature: 24.90 C = 76.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.12 mb = 1084.61 m = 3558.39 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1329.94 m = 4363.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.16 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 26.16 C K Index: 25.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.25 mb = 1220.17 m = 4003.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.25 mb = 1569.09 m = 5147.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 757.25 mb = 2305.72 m = 7564.60 ft B at Equ Level: 11.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.25 mb = 2985.54 m = 9794.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.8 at 50.7 knts Storm direction: 230.8 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.9 neg: -15.6 tot: 251.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 21.35 Bulk Shear: 53.27 m/s