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: 41.47,-93.98 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -73 SFC 957 306 22.8 16.3 67 6.5 18.4 175 19 299.7 301.9 293.2 335.6 12.27 2 950 368 22.2 15.7 67 6.5 17.8 178 26 299.7 301.9 292.9 334.5 11.89 3 900 835 17.7 14.3 80 3.4 15.4 184 37 299.7 301.8 292.6 333.1 11.43 4 850 1321 13.3 12.6 96 0.7 12.9 189 42 300.0 302.0 292.2 331.8 10.83 5 800 1829 10.3 7.6 83 2.8 8.7 202 40 302.1 303.6 290.7 326.5 8.19 6 750 2364 7.2 4.0 80 3.2 5.5 195 36 304.4 305.7 290.3 325.0 6.83 7 700 2930 5.8 -4.0 49 9.8 1.1 194 43 308.9 309.7 289.2 321.5 4.05 8 650 3533 1.8 -9.9 42 11.7 -3.1 197 47 311.0 311.5 288.7 319.9 2.77 9 600 4172 -3.6 -12.3 51 8.6 -7.0 197 46 311.9 312.4 288.7 319.9 2.48 10 550 4852 -9.5 -12.7 78 3.1 -10.7 198 45 312.8 313.3 289.1 321.2 2.62 11 500 5580 -15.3 -16.6 90 1.3 -15.7 197 47 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.3 2.10 12 450 6366 -21.6 -22.5 93 0.9 -21.8 191 53 316.1 316.3 289.0 320.8 1.40 13 400 7222 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -28.0 191 55 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.9 0.96 14 350 8168 -35.4 -35.3 100 -0.0 -35.4 184 57 321.1 321.2 289.7 323.0 0.54 15 300 9219 -44.2 -52.7 38 8.6 -44.5 202 61 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.10 16 250 10425 -49.3 -64.5 15 15.3 -49.6 209 61 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.03 17 200 11884 -50.0 -74.2 4 24.3 -50.4 225 42 353.6 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13756 -52.9 -80.8 2 27.9 -53.4 236 35 378.9 378.9 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16352 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.7 252 30 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.45 m Freezing level: 633.39 mb = 3745.15 m = 12287.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.09 mb = 3081.65 m = 10110.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.80 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.63 mb = 1126.62 m = 3696.23 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.70 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.64 mb = 1294.39 m = 4246.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.10 C = 73.59 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 27.85 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1387.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.93 mb = 1261.62 m = 4139.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.93 mb = 1410.67 m = 4628.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 700.93 mb = 2919.32 m = 9577.72 ft B at Equ Level: 30.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.93 mb = 13298.40 m = 43629.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.4 neg: -24.1 tot: 197.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 45.19 Bulk Shear: 30.71 m/s