MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 41.25,-93.88 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -93.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 963 318 26.0 15.6 53 10.4 19.0 188 25 302.4 304.6 293.5 336.9 11.64 2 950 435 23.6 15.0 59 8.5 17.9 190 37 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.5 11.36 3 900 904 18.4 13.8 75 4.6 15.4 193 48 300.5 302.5 292.6 333.1 11.12 4 850 1390 13.6 12.4 93 1.2 12.9 197 53 300.4 302.4 292.2 332.0 10.73 5 800 1899 11.6 4.5 62 7.1 7.6 212 53 303.5 304.7 289.8 323.4 6.61 6 750 2439 11.2 -7.3 27 18.5 2.8 204 61 308.8 309.3 288.1 318.1 2.95 7 700 3011 7.3 -3.3 47 10.7 2.1 201 73 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.0 4.27 8 650 3615 2.1 -4.3 62 6.4 -1.0 200 77 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.8 4.27 9 600 4255 -2.6 -13.0 45 10.4 -6.6 201 74 313.1 313.5 288.9 320.7 2.33 10 550 4940 -6.3 -22.0 28 15.7 -11.0 197 72 316.6 316.8 288.9 320.7 1.20 11 500 5680 -10.5 -22.7 36 12.2 -14.0 202 73 320.3 320.5 290.1 324.5 1.24 12 450 6482 -15.6 -25.9 41 10.3 -18.1 207 71 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.2 1.03 13 400 7359 -22.6 -40.1 19 17.4 -25.1 206 70 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.7 0.29 14 350 8322 -30.7 -42.2 32 11.4 -32.0 203 74 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.27 15 300 9394 -40.5 -45.0 62 4.5 -40.8 205 77 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 16 250 10606 -51.3 -51.3 100 0.0 -51.2 220 84 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 17 200 12029 -58.7 -61.1 74 2.3 -58.7 198 83 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 13832 -63.3 -76.4 15 13.1 -63.4 192 52 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16338 -58.9 -84.4 2 25.5 -59.2 215 41 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.25 m Freezing level: 627.78 mb = 3899.64 m = 12793.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.02 mb = 3416.53 m = 11208.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.66 mb = 1624.05 m = 5328.20 ft T: 12.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 18.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1660.86 m = 5448.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 25.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.45 mb = 1505.19 m = 4938.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.45 mb = 3571.91 m = 11718.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.45 mb = 11322.20 m = 37145.89 ft B at Equ Level: 461.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.45 mb = 13293.47 m = 43613.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.6 at 65.0 knts Storm direction: 230.6 at 48.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 348.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 4.87 Bulk Shear: 97.38 m/s