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: 41.00,-93.90 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -70 SFC 953 340 23.4 16.3 64 7.2 18.6 180 21 300.7 302.9 293.5 336.8 12.30 2 950 371 22.7 15.8 65 6.9 18.1 182 25 300.3 302.4 293.2 335.4 11.98 3 900 838 17.7 14.2 80 3.5 15.4 187 40 299.8 301.8 292.6 333.1 11.40 4 850 1324 13.2 12.6 96 0.6 12.8 191 45 300.0 301.9 292.2 331.8 10.85 5 800 1832 10.4 7.4 82 3.0 8.6 204 43 302.2 303.7 290.7 326.3 8.10 6 750 2368 8.0 1.6 64 6.4 4.6 197 37 305.3 306.3 289.6 322.7 5.73 7 700 2937 6.5 -7.2 37 13.7 0.3 201 46 309.7 310.3 288.6 319.8 3.18 8 650 3539 1.6 -10.5 40 12.2 -3.4 202 50 310.8 311.3 288.5 319.2 2.63 9 600 4178 -3.6 -11.6 54 8.0 -6.7 203 49 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.4 2.62 10 550 4858 -9.5 -13.1 75 3.5 -10.8 203 50 312.8 313.3 289.0 321.0 2.54 11 500 5586 -15.5 -17.5 84 2.1 -16.1 200 52 314.2 314.5 288.9 320.5 1.93 12 450 6371 -21.6 -22.9 89 1.3 -21.9 195 56 316.1 316.4 288.9 320.7 1.35 13 400 7228 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.8 194 60 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.2 0.97 14 350 8173 -35.7 -35.8 99 0.1 -35.7 185 56 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.52 15 300 9225 -44.0 -50.8 47 6.8 -44.3 207 70 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.12 16 250 10431 -49.0 -64.0 16 15.0 -49.4 211 67 333.2 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 11892 -50.1 -74.1 4 24.0 -50.5 227 48 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 13766 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 244 38 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16364 -59.0 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.4 251 28 413.6 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.56 m Freezing level: 634.56 mb = 3736.31 m = 12258.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.76 mb = 2985.92 m = 9796.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.18 mb = 1242.83 m = 4077.48 ft T: 13.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 17.56 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.03 mb = 1294.06 m = 4245.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 28.08 C K Index: 27.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1395.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.27 mb = 1291.69 m = 4237.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.27 mb = 1341.42 m = 4400.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.27 mb = 2610.15 m = 8563.39 ft B at Equ Level: 16.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.27 mb = 13017.13 m = 42706.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.8 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 228.8 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.3 neg: -33.2 tot: 224.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 35.67 Bulk Shear: 39.11 m/s