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: 41.20,-94.14 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -76 SFC 952 345 23.3 16.2 64 7.1 18.5 180 20 300.6 302.8 293.4 336.5 12.23 2 950 365 22.8 15.8 65 7.0 18.1 181 24 300.3 302.5 293.2 335.4 11.96 3 900 833 17.9 14.1 79 3.8 15.4 186 38 299.9 302.0 292.6 333.1 11.31 4 850 1319 13.4 12.4 94 1.0 12.7 191 43 300.2 302.1 292.2 331.5 10.69 5 800 1827 10.4 6.7 78 3.7 8.3 203 41 302.3 303.7 290.3 325.3 7.73 6 750 2362 7.6 2.4 70 5.2 4.8 196 37 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.2 6.06 7 700 2930 6.0 -5.9 42 11.9 0.5 197 44 309.2 309.8 288.8 320.2 3.51 8 650 3532 1.5 -9.5 44 10.9 -3.1 199 48 310.6 311.1 288.6 319.8 2.87 9 600 4170 -4.0 -11.3 57 7.3 -6.8 199 46 311.5 312.0 288.8 320.1 2.68 10 550 4849 -9.7 -14.3 69 4.6 -11.3 200 45 312.6 313.1 288.8 320.1 2.30 11 500 5577 -15.4 -19.1 74 3.6 -16.5 200 48 314.2 314.5 288.7 319.8 1.69 12 450 6362 -21.7 -23.5 86 1.7 -22.1 195 52 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.3 1.28 13 400 7219 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -28.0 192 57 318.5 318.7 289.3 321.8 0.95 14 350 8163 -35.8 -36.2 96 0.5 -35.8 183 56 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.3 0.49 15 300 9214 -43.9 -53.6 33 9.7 -44.3 204 64 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.8 0.09 16 250 10422 -48.6 -64.5 14 16.0 -49.0 210 62 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.03 17 200 11885 -49.7 -74.5 4 24.8 -50.2 225 44 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13758 -52.2 -81.0 2 28.8 -52.7 241 38 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16359 -58.7 -84.2 2 25.5 -59.0 250 29 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.53 m Freezing level: 636.63 mb = 3702.51 m = 12147.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.59 mb = 3016.20 m = 9895.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.84 C = 76.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.01 mb = 1239.06 m = 4065.12 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.71 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1345.87 m = 4415.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.95 C = 73.31 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 27.83 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1391.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.70 mb = 1321.83 m = 4336.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.70 mb = 1471.18 m = 4826.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.70 mb = 2758.81 m = 9051.11 ft B at Equ Level: 19.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.70 mb = 13149.62 m = 43141.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.0 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 227.0 at 32.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.5 neg: -26.9 tot: 197.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 45.78 Bulk Shear: 30.40 m/s