MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.99,-91.78 Latitude: 39.99 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -43 SFC 972 203 21.0 16.8 77 4.2 18.2 179 21 296.6 298.8 292.4 332.6 12.47 2 950 399 20.4 15.6 74 4.8 17.2 181 36 297.9 300.1 292.3 332.3 11.84 3 900 864 16.6 14.1 85 2.5 15.0 188 43 298.7 300.7 292.2 331.7 11.33 4 850 1349 13.5 12.1 91 1.4 12.6 198 50 300.3 302.2 292.0 331.1 10.49 5 800 1858 10.7 9.7 94 1.0 10.1 206 53 302.5 304.3 291.9 330.7 9.48 6 750 2395 7.6 6.6 93 1.1 7.0 211 53 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.4 8.16 7 700 2960 4.1 2.0 86 2.1 2.9 210 55 307.0 308.2 290.6 326.3 6.32 8 650 3560 0.1 -2.4 84 2.4 -1.2 203 61 309.0 310.0 290.1 324.4 4.95 9 600 4196 -4.2 -4.9 95 0.7 -4.6 200 66 311.2 312.1 290.3 325.2 4.43 10 550 4878 -8.2 -8.8 96 0.6 -8.4 199 69 314.4 315.0 290.5 325.9 3.59 11 500 5610 -13.3 -13.7 97 0.3 -13.5 201 69 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.5 2.66 12 450 6403 -19.0 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 204 70 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.8 1.90 13 400 7268 -25.6 -25.6 100 0.0 -25.5 204 71 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.9 1.19 14 350 8221 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.2 207 68 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.67 15 300 9284 -41.2 -41.2 100 -0.0 -41.2 214 70 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.34 16 250 10501 -49.0 -49.5 95 0.5 -49.0 217 65 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 17 200 11941 -52.3 -71.5 8 19.2 -52.7 228 58 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13801 -53.3 -80.5 2 27.2 -53.7 247 50 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16369 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 268 30 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.12 m Freezing level: 649.27 mb = 3569.08 m = 11709.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.04 mb = 3386.94 m = 11111.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.36 mb = 737.40 m = 2419.25 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1327.84 m = 4356.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.64 mb = 1097.04 m = 3599.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.64 mb = 2169.11 m = 7116.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.64 mb = 10222.85 m = 33539.12 ft B at Equ Level: 743.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.64 mb = 12599.04 m = 41334.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.2 at 57.7 knts Storm direction: 231.2 at 43.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 343.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 99.92 m/s