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: 41.34,-94.06 Latitude: 41.34 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -75 SFC 954 327 23.0 16.2 66 6.8 18.5 178 20 300.2 302.4 293.3 336.1 12.25 2 950 366 22.5 15.8 66 6.7 18.0 180 25 300.0 302.2 293.0 334.9 11.93 3 900 834 17.8 14.2 80 3.6 15.4 185 38 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.1 11.37 4 850 1320 13.3 12.5 95 0.8 12.8 190 42 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.7 10.76 5 800 1828 10.4 7.2 81 3.2 8.5 202 40 302.2 303.7 290.6 326.0 7.98 6 750 2363 7.4 3.3 75 4.1 5.1 195 36 304.6 305.8 290.0 324.2 6.46 7 700 2930 5.9 -4.9 46 10.9 0.8 195 44 309.1 309.8 289.0 320.9 3.79 8 650 3532 1.6 -9.7 43 11.3 -3.1 198 48 310.8 311.4 288.7 319.8 2.82 9 600 4171 -3.8 -11.7 54 8.0 -6.9 198 46 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.1 2.59 10 550 4850 -9.6 -13.3 74 3.7 -10.9 199 45 312.7 313.2 289.0 320.8 2.49 11 500 5579 -15.4 -17.8 82 2.4 -16.1 198 47 314.3 314.6 288.9 320.5 1.89 12 450 6364 -21.7 -22.9 89 1.3 -22.0 193 52 316.0 316.3 288.9 320.5 1.34 13 400 7220 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -28.0 191 56 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.9 0.95 14 350 8165 -35.6 -35.7 99 0.1 -35.5 183 57 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.7 0.52 15 300 9217 -44.0 -53.1 36 9.1 -44.5 203 63 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.09 16 250 10423 -48.9 -64.5 15 15.6 -49.3 210 62 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 11884 -49.8 -74.4 4 24.6 -50.3 225 43 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13757 -52.6 -80.9 2 28.3 -53.1 239 36 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16355 -58.5 -84.2 2 25.8 -58.8 251 29 414.7 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.14 m Freezing level: 634.84 mb = 3725.97 m = 12224.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.30 mb = 3055.13 m = 10023.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.74 mb = 1183.32 m = 3882.23 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.23 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1313.83 m = 4310.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.96 C = 73.33 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 27.85 C K Index: 30.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1393.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.73 mb = 1292.42 m = 4240.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.73 mb = 1441.60 m = 4729.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.73 mb = 2839.66 m = 9316.36 ft B at Equ Level: 23.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.73 mb = 13029.87 m = 42748.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.7 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 225.7 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.8 neg: -26.3 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: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 45.58 Bulk Shear: 30.56 m/s