MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.22,-92.95 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -92.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 971 284 16.4 15.6 95 0.7 15.9 205 8 292.0 294.0 290.2 324.8 11.58 2 950 472 16.6 15.1 91 1.5 15.7 215 20 294.0 296.1 290.8 326.8 11.45 3 900 934 16.2 14.0 87 2.1 14.8 245 19 298.2 300.2 292.0 331.0 11.27 4 850 1420 14.8 10.5 76 4.3 12.1 256 16 301.6 303.3 291.6 329.4 9.41 5 800 1930 11.7 6.1 68 5.6 8.5 253 21 303.6 305.0 290.5 325.9 7.41 6 750 2467 8.3 0.7 59 7.6 4.3 245 31 305.6 306.6 289.3 322.0 5.37 7 700 3034 4.9 -4.1 52 9.1 0.6 246 38 308.0 308.7 288.9 320.5 4.02 8 650 3634 0.8 -8.1 52 8.8 -3.0 247 46 309.8 310.5 288.8 320.0 3.20 9 600 4272 -3.5 -13.0 48 9.5 -7.1 245 52 312.0 312.5 288.6 319.6 2.33 10 550 4954 -8.0 -20.0 37 12.0 -11.6 242 52 314.6 314.9 288.5 319.4 1.42 11 500 5688 -12.5 -29.6 22 17.1 -16.3 242 56 317.8 318.0 288.8 320.1 0.66 12 450 6485 -17.1 -30.0 32 12.9 -19.8 237 62 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.3 0.71 13 400 7359 -22.6 -33.2 37 10.6 -24.5 236 70 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.7 0.58 14 350 8324 -30.2 -37.7 48 7.6 -31.2 232 75 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.42 15 300 9400 -39.2 -44.1 60 4.8 -39.6 232 79 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.26 16 250 10619 -49.9 -50.0 100 0.0 -50.0 238 88 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.16 17 200 12052 -56.2 -65.9 29 9.7 -56.3 243 82 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13874 -58.1 -78.5 6 20.4 -58.3 253 67 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16387 -64.9 -83.8 6 18.9 -65.0 246 37 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.17 m Freezing level: 640.95 mb = 3749.85 m = 12302.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3131.00 m = 10272.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.93 mb = 374.45 m = 1228.49 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 11.56 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1826.20 m = 5991.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 28.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.70 mb = 993.27 m = 3258.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.70 mb = 3774.13 m = 12382.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.70 mb = 6340.02 m = 20800.32 ft B at Equ Level: 76.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.70 mb = 8349.63 m = 27393.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.9 neg: -25.5 tot: 145.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 73.20 m/s