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: 41.67,-90.04 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -42 SFC 972 204 19.3 17.0 86 2.3 17.7 169 19 294.8 297.1 292.0 331.0 12.61 2 950 399 18.4 16.3 88 2.1 17.1 170 35 295.9 298.1 292.2 331.6 12.39 3 900 861 15.2 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 176 45 297.2 299.4 292.2 331.8 11.96 4 850 1345 13.2 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 194 50 299.9 301.9 292.2 331.6 10.78 5 800 1853 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 203 48 302.1 303.8 291.9 330.7 9.65 6 750 2389 7.4 6.9 97 0.5 7.1 204 45 304.6 306.1 291.6 329.7 8.35 7 700 2955 4.2 3.6 96 0.6 3.9 201 45 307.1 308.5 291.3 328.8 7.10 8 650 3555 0.5 0.0 96 0.5 0.3 192 52 309.6 310.7 291.1 327.8 5.90 9 600 4194 -3.1 -4.6 90 1.5 -3.8 188 63 312.5 313.4 290.8 326.9 4.55 10 550 4877 -7.6 -11.3 75 3.7 -9.1 190 66 315.0 315.6 290.1 324.5 2.93 11 500 5612 -12.3 -16.1 73 3.8 -13.6 199 64 318.1 318.5 290.3 325.3 2.17 12 450 6409 -17.8 -21.0 76 3.2 -18.7 201 59 320.8 321.2 290.6 326.3 1.60 13 400 7279 -24.1 -26.5 81 2.3 -24.6 204 53 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.5 1.10 14 350 8238 -31.3 -33.0 85 1.7 -31.6 206 48 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.68 15 300 9312 -39.4 -40.2 92 0.8 -39.5 207 47 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.3 0.38 16 250 10532 -49.5 -49.8 96 0.3 -49.5 196 39 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.16 17 200 11956 -57.9 -61.6 63 3.6 -58.0 197 39 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 18 150 13776 -55.8 -79.7 3 23.9 -56.1 232 50 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16359 -58.7 -84.2 2 25.5 -59.0 271 34 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.02 m Freezing level: 642.45 mb = 3651.01 m = 11978.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.86 mb = 3593.27 m = 11788.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.14 mb = 496.74 m = 1629.69 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 7.28 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 901.11 m = 2956.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.85 C = 71.32 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 388.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.18 mb = 811.57 m = 2662.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.18 mb = 1747.29 m = 5732.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.18 mb = 9534.52 m = 31280.85 ft B at Equ Level: 388.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.18 mb = 12274.99 m = 40271.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.3 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 223.3 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.0 neg: -10.1 tot: 334.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 4.67 Bulk Shear: 83.31 m/s