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: 42.08,-91.93 Latitude: 42.08 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 963 272 19.6 17.2 86 2.4 18.0 154 17 295.9 298.3 292.6 333.1 12.92 2 950 387 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.4 158 27 296.3 298.6 292.5 332.9 12.71 3 900 849 15.3 15.3 100 -0.0 15.4 169 37 297.3 299.5 292.5 332.8 12.27 4 850 1334 13.7 11.7 88 2.0 12.4 196 45 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.5 10.21 5 800 1844 11.4 5.5 67 5.9 8.0 199 45 303.3 304.6 290.1 324.5 7.08 6 750 2380 7.5 0.6 62 6.9 3.9 202 45 304.7 305.7 289.0 320.9 5.33 7 700 2943 3.1 -1.9 70 5.0 0.6 204 44 305.9 306.8 288.9 320.5 4.75 8 650 3540 -0.7 -3.8 80 3.1 -2.2 202 43 308.1 309.0 289.3 321.9 4.44 9 600 4175 -4.5 -6.5 86 2.0 -5.4 199 44 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.2 3.90 10 550 4856 -8.7 -10.1 89 1.4 -9.2 198 47 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.2 3.22 11 500 5588 -13.6 -14.6 92 1.0 -13.9 196 50 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.6 2.47 12 450 6381 -19.2 -19.5 97 0.3 -19.3 191 55 319.1 319.5 290.3 325.2 1.81 13 400 7246 -25.6 -25.8 99 0.2 -25.6 185 59 321.7 322.0 290.5 325.8 1.17 14 350 8199 -33.4 -33.5 99 0.1 -33.4 183 62 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.0 0.64 15 300 9260 -42.9 -43.0 98 0.2 -42.9 184 64 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.28 16 250 10467 -50.3 -50.5 97 0.2 -50.3 198 75 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 17 200 11905 -53.6 -71.2 10 17.7 -53.8 214 37 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13749 -54.0 -80.5 2 26.6 -54.4 225 45 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16338 -58.1 -84.3 2 26.2 -58.5 259 36 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.03 m Freezing level: 659.75 mb = 3423.56 m = 11232.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.23 mb = 3068.24 m = 10066.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.50 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.34 mb = 575.09 m = 1886.74 ft T: 17.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 12.66 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.02 mb = 934.53 m = 3066.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.51 C = 70.72 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1036.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.87 mb = 869.61 m = 2853.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.87 mb = 2130.16 m = 6988.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.87 mb = 10653.74 m = 34952.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1026.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.87 mb = 12839.54 m = 42123.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.7 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 225.7 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.9 neg: -5.3 tot: 346.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.26 Bulk Rich Number: 11.60 Bulk Shear: 89.36 m/s