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: 40.86,-91.38 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -40 SFC 972 205 21.0 17.1 79 3.8 18.4 175 20 296.5 298.8 292.6 333.3 12.74 2 950 401 19.9 16.2 79 3.7 17.4 178 34 297.4 299.6 292.5 332.9 12.27 3 900 866 16.1 14.7 91 1.4 15.2 184 40 298.1 300.2 292.3 332.2 11.74 4 850 1350 13.3 12.6 95 0.7 12.9 199 42 300.1 302.0 292.2 331.8 10.82 5 800 1859 10.6 9.9 96 0.6 10.2 208 42 302.4 304.2 292.0 331.0 9.64 6 750 2395 7.5 6.1 91 1.4 6.7 210 44 304.7 306.2 291.3 328.4 7.88 7 700 2961 3.9 1.5 84 2.4 2.6 206 49 306.8 308.0 290.4 325.5 6.10 8 650 3559 -0.1 -1.2 92 1.1 -0.6 200 54 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.6 5.42 9 600 4196 -3.9 -4.5 95 0.7 -4.2 194 60 311.6 312.5 290.6 326.0 4.56 10 550 4878 -8.1 -8.8 95 0.6 -8.4 190 64 314.4 315.1 290.5 325.9 3.58 11 500 5611 -13.4 -14.1 95 0.7 -13.7 190 67 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.1 2.57 12 450 6404 -18.7 -18.9 98 0.2 -18.8 194 67 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.1 1.90 13 400 7271 -25.0 -25.1 99 0.1 -25.0 198 65 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.25 14 350 8226 -32.6 -32.6 100 0.0 -32.6 206 65 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.71 15 300 9291 -41.7 -41.7 100 0.0 -41.7 212 64 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.33 16 250 10500 -50.5 -50.5 100 0.0 -50.5 216 66 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 11933 -52.7 -70.6 10 17.9 -53.0 223 51 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13783 -54.6 -80.1 3 25.5 -55.0 235 46 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16355 -59.7 -84.2 3 24.5 -60.0 264 31 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.18 m Freezing level: 650.95 mb = 3547.87 m = 11639.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.61 mb = 3440.71 m = 11288.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.55 mb = 690.39 m = 2265.04 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.51 mb = 1147.94 m = 3766.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.58 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 36.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 842.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.49 mb = 974.62 m = 3197.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.49 mb = 1718.65 m = 5638.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.49 mb = 10669.33 m = 35003.95 ft B at Equ Level: 833.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.49 mb = 12847.71 m = 42150.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.9 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 225.9 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 229.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 12.10 Bulk Shear: 69.61 m/s