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: 41.40,-93.19 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -55 SFC 964 263 22.0 16.4 71 5.6 18.3 173 18 298.3 300.5 292.8 334.1 12.30 2 950 387 21.0 15.8 72 5.3 17.5 177 29 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.3 11.94 3 900 852 16.8 14.5 87 2.3 15.3 182 37 298.8 300.9 292.4 332.7 11.63 4 850 1337 13.1 12.5 97 0.5 12.7 193 44 299.8 301.8 292.1 331.5 10.80 5 800 1845 10.0 9.1 94 0.9 9.5 200 42 301.8 303.5 291.4 328.8 9.10 6 750 2380 8.2 1.2 61 7.0 4.5 197 38 305.5 306.5 289.5 322.5 5.58 7 700 2949 6.4 -8.7 33 15.1 -0.2 199 47 309.5 310.1 288.3 318.5 2.83 8 650 3551 1.9 -12.6 33 14.5 -3.8 201 51 311.1 311.5 288.2 318.4 2.24 9 600 4190 -3.4 -14.7 41 11.3 -7.5 201 51 312.1 312.5 288.3 318.8 2.03 10 550 4871 -9.3 -14.4 66 5.1 -11.1 202 51 313.1 313.5 288.9 320.5 2.28 11 500 5600 -14.2 -14.4 98 0.2 -14.3 200 54 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.0 2.51 12 450 6391 -20.4 -20.5 99 0.1 -20.4 196 59 317.6 317.9 289.8 323.2 1.67 13 400 7250 -27.5 -27.5 100 0.0 -27.5 196 59 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.7 1.00 14 350 8197 -34.7 -34.7 100 0.0 -34.7 193 59 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.1 0.58 15 300 9251 -44.2 -45.3 89 1.1 -44.2 206 65 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.22 16 250 10452 -50.5 -62.4 23 11.9 -50.8 207 68 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.03 17 200 11902 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.8 -51.8 225 45 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 13764 -53.1 -80.7 2 27.6 -53.5 228 38 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16353 -58.1 -84.3 2 26.1 -58.5 260 29 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.84 m Freezing level: 632.14 mb = 3779.41 m = 12399.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.26 mb = 2921.96 m = 9586.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.94 C = 76.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.85 mb = 967.74 m = 3174.95 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 15.70 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1228.93 m = 4031.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.31 C = 73.95 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.71 C K Index: 24.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1202.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.77 mb = 1132.56 m = 3715.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.77 mb = 1379.21 m = 4524.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 745.77 mb = 2426.81 m = 7961.89 ft B at Equ Level: 17.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 675.77 mb = 3234.99 m = 10613.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.0 neg: -20.3 tot: 257.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 21.27 Bulk Shear: 56.54 m/s