MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.59,-93.36 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -93.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 967 306 23.1 16.4 66 6.7 18.6 203 25 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.8 12.22 2 950 457 21.9 15.6 67 6.3 17.7 204 41 299.4 301.6 292.7 333.8 11.78 3 900 923 17.4 14.2 82 3.2 15.4 206 50 299.5 301.5 292.5 332.9 11.42 4 850 1409 13.5 12.3 92 1.2 12.7 209 55 300.3 302.2 292.1 331.4 10.61 5 800 1918 9.8 9.1 96 0.7 9.4 214 59 301.6 303.2 291.3 328.5 9.11 6 750 2451 6.6 4.4 86 2.2 5.4 211 56 303.7 305.0 290.2 324.7 7.00 7 700 3016 4.2 0.7 78 3.5 2.4 204 61 307.2 308.3 290.2 324.8 5.76 8 650 3617 1.4 -1.9 78 3.3 -0.3 200 72 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.5 5.11 9 600 4256 -2.9 -7.7 70 4.7 -5.0 199 75 312.7 313.4 290.0 324.1 3.58 10 550 4940 -7.1 -12.5 65 5.4 -9.2 205 75 315.7 316.2 290.1 324.4 2.66 11 500 5677 -12.2 -20.0 52 7.9 -14.5 213 75 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.5 1.56 12 450 6474 -17.1 -24.2 54 7.0 -18.9 210 72 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.9 1.20 13 400 7347 -23.3 -29.1 59 5.8 -24.5 209 76 324.7 324.9 291.1 327.8 0.86 14 350 8307 -31.7 -34.1 79 2.4 -32.0 207 76 326.0 326.2 291.2 328.3 0.61 15 300 9376 -41.0 -41.0 100 -0.0 -40.9 208 77 327.6 327.7 291.4 329.0 0.35 16 250 10587 -50.9 -51.0 100 0.0 -51.0 221 85 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.14 17 200 12011 -58.4 -60.9 73 2.5 -58.4 200 83 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.05 18 150 13827 -61.4 -77.3 10 15.9 -61.5 197 47 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16334 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.7 227 49 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.74 m Freezing level: 634.04 mb = 3820.87 m = 12535.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.18 mb = 3552.37 m = 11654.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.86 mb = 1154.57 m = 3787.92 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1407.35 m = 4617.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 690.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.60 mb = 1313.88 m = 4310.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.60 mb = 1562.63 m = 5126.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.60 mb = 10993.07 m = 36066.05 ft B at Equ Level: 687.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.60 mb = 13240.76 m = 43440.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.6 at 64.4 knts Storm direction: 236.6 at 48.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.1 neg: -26.5 tot: 250.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 9.26 Bulk Shear: 74.61 m/s