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: 41.31,-93.00 Latitude: 41.31 Longitude: -93.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -50 SFC 964 264 21.6 16.3 72 5.3 18.1 174 18 297.9 300.1 292.6 333.2 12.18 2 950 392 20.8 15.7 73 5.1 17.4 178 29 298.3 300.5 292.5 332.9 11.89 3 900 857 16.6 14.5 87 2.1 15.3 183 38 298.7 300.8 292.4 332.5 11.61 4 850 1342 13.2 12.3 94 0.9 12.6 196 45 299.9 301.9 292.0 331.1 10.62 5 800 1850 9.9 9.5 98 0.3 9.7 201 43 301.7 303.4 291.6 329.5 9.39 6 750 2385 8.6 -0.2 54 8.8 4.1 197 40 305.9 306.8 289.2 321.3 5.04 7 700 2954 6.6 -10.8 28 17.4 -0.6 198 50 309.8 310.3 287.9 317.5 2.39 8 650 3556 1.9 -13.4 31 15.3 -4.0 200 55 311.1 311.5 288.1 317.9 2.09 9 600 4195 -3.4 -15.4 39 12.0 -7.7 201 54 312.2 312.6 288.2 318.5 1.92 10 550 4876 -9.0 -15.1 61 6.1 -11.1 203 51 313.4 313.8 288.9 320.4 2.15 11 500 5606 -14.0 -14.2 98 0.2 -14.1 202 55 315.9 316.4 290.0 324.3 2.54 12 450 6398 -20.0 -20.1 99 0.1 -20.0 198 60 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.72 13 400 7258 -27.2 -27.3 100 0.0 -27.2 199 60 319.6 319.8 289.7 323.1 1.02 14 350 8206 -34.5 -34.5 100 -0.0 -34.5 196 60 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.3 0.59 15 300 9260 -44.2 -44.2 99 0.0 -44.2 207 66 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.25 16 250 10461 -50.7 -61.8 26 11.1 -51.0 207 70 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.04 17 200 11908 -51.6 -73.1 6 21.4 -52.0 224 46 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13767 -53.4 -80.7 2 27.3 -53.8 228 39 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16354 -58.2 -84.2 2 26.1 -58.5 261 29 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.98 m Freezing level: 631.86 mb = 3788.14 m = 12428.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.66 mb = 2875.39 m = 9433.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.54 mb = 936.98 m = 3074.06 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.79 mb = 1254.42 m = 4115.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.44 C = 74.19 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.31 C K Index: 22.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1111.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.97 mb = 1125.25 m = 3691.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.97 mb = 1471.19 m = 4826.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.97 mb = 2199.18 m = 7215.08 ft B at Equ Level: 15.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 706.97 mb = 2871.86 m = 9422.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.3 at 48.2 knts Storm direction: 228.3 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.6 neg: -19.8 tot: 281.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 17.54 Bulk Shear: 63.41 m/s