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: 41.77,-91.39 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -41 SFC 969 233 19.9 17.0 84 2.9 18.0 165 17 295.7 298.0 292.3 332.3 12.71 2 950 400 19.0 16.4 85 2.6 17.2 168 29 296.5 298.7 292.3 332.3 12.41 3 900 862 15.7 14.8 95 0.8 15.1 177 38 297.6 299.8 292.3 332.1 11.88 4 850 1347 13.3 12.1 93 1.2 12.6 198 42 300.1 302.0 292.0 331.0 10.52 5 800 1856 10.7 9.1 90 1.5 9.7 206 44 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.6 9.12 6 750 2391 7.3 3.2 76 4.0 5.1 209 48 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.0 6.45 7 700 2955 2.7 0.6 86 2.1 1.6 206 51 305.5 306.6 289.6 322.9 5.72 8 650 3552 -0.4 -1.2 94 0.8 -0.8 198 53 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.2 5.39 9 600 4190 -3.9 -4.7 94 0.8 -4.3 191 56 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.7 4.49 10 550 4871 -8.5 -9.3 94 0.8 -8.8 187 61 314.0 314.7 290.3 325.0 3.43 11 500 5604 -13.4 -13.9 96 0.5 -13.6 188 62 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.2 2.60 12 450 6398 -18.6 -18.7 100 0.0 -18.6 190 59 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.4 1.95 13 400 7265 -25.0 -25.0 100 0.0 -25.0 192 58 322.5 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.26 14 350 8220 -32.7 -32.7 100 -0.0 -32.7 195 57 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.2 0.70 15 300 9284 -42.1 -42.1 100 -0.0 -42.1 196 61 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.31 16 250 10488 -52.0 -52.0 100 0.0 -52.0 199 67 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.12 17 200 11921 -53.6 -70.8 11 17.2 -53.9 219 45 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 18 150 13761 -54.5 -80.3 3 25.8 -54.9 228 46 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16342 -58.8 -84.2 2 25.4 -59.2 262 35 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.93 m Freezing level: 656.30 mb = 3477.07 m = 11407.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3348.44 m = 10985.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.53 mb = 595.24 m = 1952.85 ft T: 17.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 9.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1078.53 m = 3538.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.87 C = 73.16 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 877.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.63 mb = 903.71 m = 2964.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.63 mb = 1953.68 m = 6409.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.63 mb = 10733.71 m = 35215.14 ft B at Equ Level: 874.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.63 mb = 12937.00 m = 42443.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.6 neg: -12.4 tot: 268.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 9.38 Bulk Shear: 93.49 m/s