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: 41.94,-92.72 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 968 286 26.3 15.5 51 10.9 19.0 182 23 302.2 304.4 293.4 336.2 11.48 2 950 450 23.4 14.8 58 8.6 17.7 184 37 300.9 303.0 292.7 333.8 11.19 3 900 919 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.4 188 46 300.4 302.5 292.5 332.8 11.02 4 850 1406 13.7 12.4 92 1.3 12.9 193 52 300.5 302.5 292.3 332.1 10.73 5 800 1916 13.5 6.5 62 7.0 9.3 211 60 305.5 307.0 291.3 328.5 7.60 6 750 2459 11.5 3.2 57 8.3 6.8 205 61 309.1 310.3 291.4 328.9 6.44 7 700 3031 7.1 -0.6 58 7.7 3.1 202 64 310.3 311.3 290.7 326.6 5.22 8 650 3635 1.9 -5.3 59 7.3 -1.4 200 65 311.1 311.9 289.9 323.6 3.95 9 600 4275 -3.3 -10.7 57 7.4 -6.2 197 63 312.3 312.8 289.2 321.4 2.82 10 550 4958 -7.0 -24.5 23 17.5 -11.8 197 64 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.1 0.95 11 500 5697 -10.0 -24.1 31 14.1 -13.9 200 60 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.7 1.09 12 450 6500 -16.1 -21.8 62 5.7 -17.7 203 64 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.0 1.48 13 400 7376 -22.3 -26.2 71 3.8 -23.2 209 63 325.9 326.2 291.7 329.9 1.13 14 350 8341 -30.2 -34.2 68 4.0 -30.8 206 65 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.2 0.61 15 300 9419 -38.5 -43.2 61 4.7 -38.9 199 66 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.28 16 250 10641 -49.6 -49.9 97 0.3 -49.6 214 72 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.16 17 200 12065 -60.2 -60.8 93 0.6 -60.2 193 63 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 18 150 13843 -65.0 -74.9 24 10.0 -65.0 190 50 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16345 -61.4 -84.1 3 22.7 -61.7 209 39 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.55 m Freezing level: 631.57 mb = 3871.09 m = 12700.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.01 mb = 3437.06 m = 11276.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.12 mb = 1645.61 m = 5398.93 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.77 mb = 2539.18 m = 8330.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 28.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.24 mb = 1532.97 m = 5029.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.24 mb = 3607.35 m = 11834.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.24 mb = 10842.49 m = 35572.05 ft B at Equ Level: 281.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.24 mb = 12988.44 m = 42612.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.2 at 58.7 knts Storm direction: 229.2 at 44.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.2 neg: -35.1 tot: 337.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 3.60 Bulk Shear: 78.79 m/s