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: 42.62,-93.28 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 968 346 16.7 11.6 72 5.1 13.6 185 11 292.6 294.2 288.1 318.0 8.90 2 950 508 17.3 10.8 66 6.5 13.3 192 23 294.7 296.2 288.5 319.4 8.58 3 900 971 17.7 7.9 53 9.8 11.9 222 34 299.8 301.1 289.3 321.8 7.46 4 850 1457 14.7 5.4 53 9.4 9.4 228 32 301.6 302.8 289.1 321.3 6.60 5 800 1967 11.1 3.9 61 7.3 7.1 227 28 303.0 304.2 289.4 322.0 6.32 6 750 2503 8.4 -0.6 53 9.0 3.8 220 29 305.7 306.6 288.9 320.7 4.89 7 700 3071 6.8 -12.5 24 19.2 -1.0 215 36 310.0 310.4 287.7 316.8 2.10 8 650 3676 3.9 -13.3 27 17.2 -2.9 212 42 313.3 313.7 288.8 320.2 2.11 9 600 4321 -0.8 -10.6 47 9.8 -4.8 213 45 315.2 315.8 290.1 324.4 2.84 10 550 5009 -6.0 -11.0 67 5.1 -8.0 217 46 317.0 317.6 290.8 326.8 3.00 11 500 5749 -10.2 -15.9 63 5.8 -12.2 220 47 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.1 2.21 12 450 6553 -15.7 -19.4 73 3.7 -16.8 229 50 323.5 323.9 291.6 329.8 1.83 13 400 7430 -22.2 -25.5 74 3.3 -22.9 235 50 326.2 326.4 291.8 330.4 1.20 14 350 8399 -28.9 -32.0 74 3.1 -29.5 231 47 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.74 15 300 9482 -37.0 -37.2 98 0.2 -37.0 227 53 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.52 16 250 10719 -46.2 -46.3 99 0.0 -46.2 231 68 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 17 200 12176 -52.9 -67.6 15 14.7 -53.2 232 49 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13990 -62.1 -76.3 13 14.2 -62.2 248 45 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16434 -68.9 -83.5 10 14.5 -69.0 258 32 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.06 m Freezing level: 608.40 mb = 4212.25 m = 13819.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.16 mb = 2952.19 m = 9685.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.94 mb = 999.59 m = 3279.45 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.32 mb = 3634.33 m = 11923.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lifted Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.10 C Showalter Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 15.51 C K Index: 10.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 175.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8730.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.13 mb = 1850.44 m = 6070.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.7 neg: -11.3 tot: 177.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 37.46 m/s