MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.25,-93.49 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 966 327 16.0 2.8 41 13.3 9.2 276 14 292.0 292.9 283.8 306.0 4.83 2 950 470 13.8 1.8 44 12.0 7.8 277 21 291.2 292.0 283.2 304.5 4.58 3 900 922 9.4 1.2 57 8.2 5.4 279 23 291.2 292.0 283.2 304.6 4.65 4 850 1393 6.5 1.5 70 5.0 4.1 292 25 293.0 293.9 284.4 307.6 5.03 5 800 1889 3.9 -0.9 71 4.8 1.7 285 28 295.4 296.2 284.8 308.6 4.48 6 750 2411 1.1 -5.0 63 6.2 -1.6 267 31 297.8 298.4 284.7 308.3 3.50 7 700 2965 -0.2 -11.6 42 11.4 -4.4 254 44 302.3 302.7 285.1 309.3 2.24 8 650 3552 -5.8 -11.8 62 6.0 -7.9 252 53 302.4 302.8 285.2 309.8 2.37 9 600 4175 -8.4 -9.0 96 0.5 -8.6 237 54 306.4 307.0 287.6 316.5 3.24 10 550 4847 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 229 62 310.5 311.1 288.6 319.5 2.80 11 500 5572 -15.8 -16.0 99 0.2 -15.9 226 70 313.8 314.2 289.0 321.0 2.20 12 450 6359 -20.8 -20.8 100 0.0 -20.8 217 77 317.1 317.4 289.5 322.5 1.62 13 400 7217 -28.2 -29.1 92 0.9 -28.4 228 88 318.3 318.5 289.1 321.3 0.86 14 350 8159 -35.3 -42.9 46 7.6 -36.0 242 97 321.1 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.25 15 300 9219 -41.2 -54.5 22 13.3 -41.8 251 124 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 16 250 10437 -48.2 -61.7 20 13.5 -48.6 255 120 334.3 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.04 17 200 11893 -50.4 -71.3 7 20.9 -50.8 264 111 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13760 -52.7 -80.5 2 27.8 -53.2 251 61 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16302 -60.9 -84.4 3 23.4 -61.2 251 54 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5536.79 m Freezing level: 706.86 mb = 2889.08 m = 9478.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.24 mb = 2153.92 m = 7066.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.56 % Est. max temperature: 18.55 C = 65.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.24 mb = 1978.32 m = 6490.49 ft T: 3.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.61 mb = 3211.00 m = 10534.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 8.49 C Lifted Index: 9.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.48 C Showalter Index: 8.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 17.33 C K Index: 12.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13507.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.52 mb = 1965.24 m = 6447.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.9 neg: -29.1 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 136.70 m/s