MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.46,-93.35 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 970 302 22.5 15.6 65 6.9 17.9 182 24 298.2 300.3 292.2 331.9 11.56 2 950 480 20.4 15.0 71 5.4 16.8 185 40 297.8 299.9 291.9 330.7 11.33 3 900 944 16.2 13.9 86 2.3 14.7 190 50 298.2 300.2 291.9 330.6 11.14 4 850 1430 16.8 8.9 59 7.9 12.0 213 64 303.8 305.3 291.5 329.0 8.44 5 800 1948 16.4 6.7 53 9.7 10.6 213 58 308.6 310.1 292.3 332.2 7.72 6 750 2493 12.1 1.8 49 10.3 6.4 207 55 309.7 310.8 291.1 327.8 5.82 7 700 3066 7.3 -4.5 43 11.7 1.6 204 53 310.5 311.3 289.6 322.9 3.92 8 650 3670 2.2 -8.6 45 10.8 -2.5 207 52 311.4 312.0 289.1 321.2 3.06 9 600 4310 -2.8 -15.1 38 12.3 -7.2 206 50 312.9 313.3 288.5 319.3 1.97 10 550 4994 -6.7 -25.2 21 18.5 -11.7 207 52 316.2 316.3 288.5 319.3 0.90 11 500 5733 -10.2 -27.8 22 17.6 -14.6 208 49 320.7 320.8 289.8 323.4 0.78 12 450 6537 -15.4 -29.7 28 14.3 -18.6 207 52 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.5 0.73 13 400 7415 -21.8 -27.5 60 5.7 -23.1 207 55 326.7 326.9 291.8 330.2 1.00 14 350 8384 -28.9 -31.9 76 3.0 -29.5 216 53 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.76 15 300 9466 -38.1 -40.7 76 2.6 -38.4 211 56 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.36 16 250 10691 -48.7 -49.6 91 0.9 -48.8 217 54 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.17 17 200 12119 -60.0 -60.6 93 0.6 -60.0 208 57 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 18 150 13892 -65.5 -74.8 26 9.3 -65.6 214 29 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16369 -62.0 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.2 219 32 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.48 m Freezing level: 628.09 mb = 3950.67 m = 12961.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.47 mb = 3296.86 m = 10816.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.42 mb = 1169.78 m = 3837.83 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.94 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.40 mb = 2679.31 m = 8790.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 24.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 348.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.83 mb = 1312.63 m = 4306.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.83 mb = 4089.05 m = 13415.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 526.83 mb = 5327.81 m = 17479.47 ft B at Equ Level: 28.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 456.83 mb = 6421.92 m = 21069.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 464.9 neg: -89.2 tot: 375.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 54.72 m/s