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: 42.02,-92.18 Latitude: 42.02 Longitude: -92.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -59 SFC 962 274 20.2 17.1 82 3.1 18.1 155 17 296.7 299.0 292.7 333.8 12.87 2 950 381 19.5 16.6 83 2.9 17.5 159 27 296.9 299.2 292.6 333.3 12.57 3 900 844 15.8 15.1 96 0.7 15.3 170 37 297.7 299.9 292.4 332.8 12.07 4 850 1329 13.6 11.6 88 2.0 12.4 192 45 300.4 302.3 291.8 330.3 10.17 5 800 1838 11.3 5.8 69 5.6 8.1 195 46 303.2 304.6 290.2 324.9 7.23 6 750 2374 7.7 0.4 60 7.3 3.9 197 44 304.9 305.9 289.0 320.9 5.25 7 700 2938 3.1 -2.0 69 5.1 0.6 202 41 305.9 306.8 288.9 320.4 4.72 8 650 3535 -0.9 -4.0 80 3.0 -2.4 205 40 307.9 308.7 289.2 321.5 4.39 9 600 4170 -4.7 -7.2 83 2.4 -5.8 206 42 310.6 311.3 289.5 322.4 3.72 10 550 4849 -9.0 -10.6 88 1.6 -9.6 203 45 313.4 314.0 289.8 323.4 3.11 11 500 5581 -13.8 -14.8 92 1.0 -14.1 197 50 316.3 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.43 12 450 6373 -19.3 -19.9 96 0.5 -19.5 189 56 318.9 319.3 290.2 324.9 1.76 13 400 7238 -25.8 -26.3 95 0.6 -25.9 184 60 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4 1.11 14 350 8190 -33.5 -34.4 92 0.9 -33.6 180 62 323.5 323.7 290.5 325.7 0.59 15 300 9250 -42.5 -43.4 91 0.9 -42.6 186 65 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.27 16 250 10461 -49.7 -50.9 87 1.2 -49.8 197 73 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.14 17 200 11899 -53.4 -71.4 9 18.0 -53.7 212 37 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13747 -53.8 -80.6 2 26.8 -54.2 225 45 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16340 -58.0 -84.3 2 26.4 -58.3 259 37 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.96 m Freezing level: 661.67 mb = 3395.58 m = 11140.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.87 mb = 3055.83 m = 10025.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.84 mb = 666.54 m = 2186.80 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1136.18 m = 3727.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.89 C = 73.19 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1048.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.87 mb = 949.62 m = 3115.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.87 mb = 2222.10 m = 7290.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.87 mb = 10621.09 m = 34845.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1034.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.87 mb = 13178.99 m = 43237.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.9 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 225.9 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 327.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.05 Bulk Shear: 80.30 m/s