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: 43.57,-92.91 Latitude: 43.57 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -65 SFC 950 373 18.3 16.2 88 2.1 17.0 143 15 295.7 298.0 292.0 331.1 12.30 2 950 373 18.3 16.2 88 2.1 16.9 145 14 295.7 297.9 292.0 331.0 12.26 3 900 835 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 153 31 296.8 299.0 291.9 330.8 11.75 4 850 1318 12.9 12.0 94 0.9 12.4 174 32 299.7 301.6 291.8 330.3 10.45 5 800 1826 10.3 8.5 89 1.7 9.2 179 27 302.1 303.7 291.2 328.1 8.77 6 750 2361 7.0 5.2 88 1.8 5.9 181 26 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.4 7.40 7 700 2926 3.8 -0.5 73 4.4 1.6 183 28 306.7 307.7 289.6 322.9 5.26 8 650 3523 -1.0 -3.8 81 2.8 -2.3 180 30 307.9 308.7 289.3 321.7 4.44 9 600 4157 -5.3 -7.0 88 1.7 -6.1 176 33 310.0 310.7 289.3 321.8 3.77 10 550 4835 -9.3 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.8 184 37 313.0 313.6 289.7 323.1 3.15 11 500 5566 -14.0 -15.3 90 1.3 -14.5 185 44 316.0 316.4 289.9 323.6 2.32 12 450 6357 -19.6 -20.9 90 1.2 -20.0 184 48 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.0 1.61 13 400 7221 -26.2 -27.3 91 1.0 -26.4 184 50 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.02 14 350 8170 -34.2 -34.8 94 0.6 -34.3 182 52 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.6 0.57 15 300 9229 -42.8 -43.1 97 0.3 -42.8 186 49 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.28 16 250 10436 -50.8 -50.9 98 0.2 -50.8 194 45 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.14 17 200 11867 -52.8 -73.3 7 20.5 -53.1 193 36 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.01 18 150 13713 -54.4 -80.6 3 26.2 -54.8 226 39 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16307 -56.6 -84.4 2 27.9 -57.0 249 47 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.98 m Freezing level: 660.01 mb = 3403.72 m = 11166.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.29 mb = 3167.97 m = 10393.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.74 mb = 630.94 m = 2069.99 ft T: 16.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1035.33 m = 3396.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.52 C = 68.93 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 26.02 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 864.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.21 mb = 946.30 m = 3104.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.21 mb = 2002.26 m = 6569.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.21 mb = 10351.26 m = 33960.42 ft B at Equ Level: 862.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.21 mb = 12429.78 m = 40779.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.7 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 208.7 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.4 neg: -10.7 tot: 146.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 22.76 Bulk Shear: 38.00 m/s