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: 41.94,-91.93 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -53 SFC 964 264 19.9 17.2 85 2.6 18.1 157 17 296.1 298.5 292.6 333.4 12.93 2 950 387 19.1 16.7 86 2.4 17.5 161 27 296.5 298.8 292.6 333.1 12.67 3 900 850 15.6 15.2 98 0.3 15.3 172 37 297.5 299.7 292.4 332.8 12.16 4 850 1334 13.8 11.4 86 2.4 12.3 198 46 300.6 302.4 291.7 330.1 10.03 5 800 1844 11.5 5.1 65 6.4 7.8 200 45 303.4 304.7 290.0 324.1 6.88 6 750 2380 7.5 0.6 61 6.9 3.9 203 45 304.7 305.7 289.0 320.9 5.31 7 700 2944 2.7 -1.2 75 3.9 0.8 205 43 305.5 306.4 289.0 320.8 5.01 8 650 3540 -0.9 -3.1 85 2.2 -2.0 203 43 307.9 308.8 289.5 322.4 4.67 9 600 4175 -4.4 -6.2 88 1.8 -5.2 200 45 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.7 4.02 10 550 4856 -8.5 -10.0 89 1.4 -9.1 198 49 313.9 314.6 290.1 324.4 3.26 11 500 5588 -13.5 -14.5 93 1.0 -13.9 197 52 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.7 2.49 12 450 6381 -19.1 -19.3 98 0.2 -19.1 191 56 319.3 319.6 290.4 325.5 1.84 13 400 7247 -25.5 -25.5 100 0.0 -25.5 186 60 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.0 1.20 14 350 8200 -33.3 -33.3 100 -0.0 -33.3 184 63 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.66 15 300 9261 -42.7 -42.7 100 -0.0 -42.7 184 63 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.29 16 250 10469 -50.3 -50.4 100 0.0 -50.4 196 75 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 17 200 11906 -53.3 -71.5 9 18.2 -53.6 215 38 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13751 -54.0 -80.5 2 26.5 -54.4 225 46 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16340 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.6 259 35 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.63 m Freezing level: 662.87 mb = 3386.28 m = 11109.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.81 mb = 3108.42 m = 10198.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.30 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.10 mb = 595.76 m = 1954.58 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1092.43 m = 3584.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1023.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.23 mb = 904.31 m = 2966.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.23 mb = 2169.95 m = 7119.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.23 mb = 10752.55 m = 35276.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1003.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.23 mb = 12977.72 m = 42577.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.6 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 226.6 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 329.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 11.87 Bulk Shear: 86.19 m/s