MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.46,-90.58 Latitude: 41.46 Longitude: -90.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -50 SFC 970 210 19.9 17.0 83 2.9 17.9 171 18 295.6 297.9 292.3 332.0 12.65 2 950 390 19.1 16.2 84 2.9 17.2 174 33 296.6 298.8 292.3 332.1 12.31 3 900 853 15.5 14.7 95 0.8 15.0 179 42 297.5 299.6 292.2 331.6 11.77 4 850 1337 12.8 12.3 97 0.5 12.5 191 50 299.5 301.5 291.9 330.6 10.62 5 800 1844 9.6 9.0 96 0.7 9.2 203 47 301.4 303.1 291.2 328.2 9.03 6 750 2378 6.8 4.7 86 2.1 5.6 205 52 304.0 305.3 290.4 325.5 7.14 7 700 2942 2.9 1.0 87 1.9 1.9 202 57 305.7 306.8 289.9 323.6 5.88 8 650 3539 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.5 -0.9 195 60 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.9 5.42 9 600 4175 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 186 62 311.8 312.7 290.8 326.7 4.74 10 550 4857 -8.0 -9.1 92 1.1 -8.5 184 65 314.6 315.3 290.5 325.8 3.49 11 500 5592 -12.4 -15.5 78 3.1 -13.5 188 63 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.6 2.29 12 450 6389 -17.3 -21.6 69 4.3 -18.5 190 52 321.5 321.7 290.7 326.6 1.51 13 400 7261 -24.0 -27.7 72 3.7 -24.8 195 49 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.2 0.98 14 350 8220 -31.3 -33.2 83 1.9 -31.6 204 59 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.67 15 300 9294 -38.8 -42.9 65 4.1 -39.1 207 61 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.29 16 250 10518 -49.5 -51.7 77 2.2 -49.6 184 41 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 17 200 11950 -55.4 -66.2 25 10.8 -55.6 210 50 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 13774 -56.7 -79.6 4 22.9 -56.9 226 47 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16357 -58.1 -84.2 2 26.1 -58.4 273 37 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.37 m Freezing level: 659.64 mb = 3423.61 m = 11232.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.32 mb = 3339.01 m = 10954.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.98 mb = 581.84 m = 1908.91 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.52 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1005.19 m = 3297.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 471.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.48 mb = 886.38 m = 2908.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.48 mb = 1322.22 m = 4337.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.48 mb = 9260.13 m = 30380.64 ft B at Equ Level: 468.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.48 mb = 12225.88 m = 40110.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 54.7 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 41.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.0 neg: -12.5 tot: 310.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 5.47 Bulk Shear: 86.15 m/s