MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 41.64,-93.20 Latitude: 41.64 Longitude: -93.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 979 267 17.4 12.2 72 5.1 14.2 174 9 292.3 293.9 288.2 318.4 9.17 2 950 521 18.7 10.9 61 7.8 14.0 197 26 296.2 297.7 289.2 321.3 8.67 3 900 985 18.1 8.4 53 9.7 12.3 223 33 300.1 301.5 289.6 322.8 7.69 4 850 1472 14.7 6.0 56 8.6 9.7 228 31 301.5 302.8 289.4 322.1 6.92 5 800 1981 11.3 2.3 54 9.0 6.4 226 29 303.2 304.2 288.8 320.2 5.64 6 750 2517 8.9 -4.9 37 13.8 2.4 221 29 306.2 306.8 287.8 317.2 3.53 7 700 3086 6.8 -13.6 22 20.5 -1.2 214 31 310.1 310.4 287.5 316.2 1.90 8 650 3691 3.7 -12.6 29 16.3 -2.9 211 33 313.1 313.6 288.9 320.4 2.23 9 600 4335 -1.0 -9.3 53 8.3 -4.6 207 36 315.0 315.6 290.3 325.2 3.15 10 550 5023 -5.7 -12.9 57 7.2 -8.4 210 40 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.9 2.58 11 500 5765 -10.1 -15.3 66 5.2 -12.0 219 45 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.5 2.33 12 450 6568 -15.6 -17.2 88 1.6 -16.2 221 46 323.6 324.0 292.0 331.1 2.21 13 400 7446 -22.2 -22.7 95 0.5 -22.3 230 46 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.5 1.54 14 350 8415 -28.5 -28.9 96 0.4 -28.5 226 47 330.4 330.6 292.8 334.0 1.01 15 300 9502 -35.9 -36.6 94 0.6 -36.0 231 54 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.9 0.56 16 250 10742 -46.2 -47.1 90 0.9 -46.2 232 60 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.22 17 200 12196 -53.4 -64.4 25 11.0 -53.7 230 58 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14010 -62.1 -77.4 11 15.3 -62.3 244 43 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16449 -69.8 -83.2 12 13.5 -69.8 254 29 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.03 m Freezing level: 610.54 mb = 4199.27 m = 13776.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.94 mb = 2888.93 m = 9477.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.41 mb = 924.08 m = 3031.73 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.88 mb = 3420.61 m = 11222.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.69 C = 98.04 F Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lifted Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.74 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 16.13 C K Index: 10.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 180.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7561.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.88 mb = 1774.90 m = 5823.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.6 neg: -11.2 tot: 157.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 27.14 m/s