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: 41.64,-93.68 Latitude: 41.64 Longitude: -93.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 286 26.5 15.5 51 11.0 19.1 187 24 302.6 304.7 293.5 336.7 11.54 2 950 435 23.6 14.9 58 8.7 17.8 189 37 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.3 11.27 3 900 904 18.5 13.8 74 4.7 15.4 192 47 300.6 302.6 292.6 333.1 11.07 4 850 1391 13.7 12.4 92 1.3 12.9 196 52 300.5 302.5 292.3 332.0 10.71 5 800 1899 10.7 7.1 78 3.6 8.6 210 53 302.6 304.0 290.6 326.1 7.91 6 750 2438 10.5 -5.3 32 15.8 3.0 204 57 307.9 308.6 288.3 318.7 3.42 7 700 3008 6.9 -3.7 47 10.7 1.7 200 70 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.2 4.15 8 650 3612 1.9 -3.5 67 5.4 -0.7 199 76 311.1 312.0 290.3 325.3 4.53 9 600 4252 -2.7 -13.6 43 10.8 -6.8 200 73 312.9 313.4 288.8 320.2 2.23 10 550 4937 -6.3 -22.1 27 15.8 -11.0 196 72 316.6 316.9 288.9 320.7 1.18 11 500 5677 -10.1 -22.7 35 12.6 -13.7 200 70 320.7 320.9 290.3 324.9 1.23 12 450 6480 -15.5 -25.3 43 9.8 -18.0 205 69 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.5 1.09 13 400 7357 -22.7 -37.8 24 15.0 -25.0 207 69 325.5 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.37 14 350 8319 -30.8 -41.3 35 10.5 -32.0 203 73 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.4 0.29 15 300 9393 -40.0 -44.8 60 4.8 -40.4 203 77 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.24 16 250 10607 -51.1 -51.2 100 0.0 -51.1 215 79 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 12029 -59.5 -60.9 84 1.4 -59.5 191 77 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 18 150 13824 -63.0 -76.2 15 13.2 -63.1 193 57 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16337 -59.6 -84.2 3 24.6 -59.9 213 39 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.00 m Freezing level: 629.64 mb = 3872.75 m = 12705.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.07 mb = 3425.39 m = 11238.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.79 C = 78.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.27 mb = 1658.86 m = 5442.38 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1564.14 m = 5131.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 25.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 453.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.07 mb = 1529.47 m = 5017.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.07 mb = 1681.35 m = 5516.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 791.07 mb = 1993.05 m = 6538.81 ft B at Equ Level: 8.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 761.07 mb = 2315.48 m = 7596.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 63.3 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 47.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 341.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 4.79 Bulk Shear: 94.57 m/s