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: 40.66,-92.09 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 977 231 26.3 15.5 52 10.7 19.1 188 24 301.4 303.5 293.1 335.1 11.42 2 950 474 23.2 14.7 59 8.5 17.6 191 40 300.8 302.8 292.7 333.5 11.15 3 900 942 18.5 13.7 73 4.9 15.4 195 47 300.6 302.6 292.5 332.9 10.98 4 850 1429 13.8 12.5 92 1.4 13.0 199 52 300.6 302.6 292.3 332.2 10.75 5 800 1938 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.4 211 57 302.3 304.1 292.2 331.7 9.91 6 750 2476 10.0 5.8 75 4.2 7.5 212 57 307.5 308.9 292.0 331.0 7.73 7 700 3047 7.2 1.2 66 6.0 3.9 206 61 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.0 5.99 8 650 3653 2.7 -2.6 68 5.3 0.1 202 63 312.0 313.0 290.9 327.3 4.85 9 600 4294 -3.1 -7.6 71 4.5 -5.0 202 64 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.1 3.61 10 550 4977 -7.2 -22.3 29 15.1 -11.6 204 62 315.5 315.7 288.6 319.4 1.16 11 500 5714 -10.9 -22.0 39 11.1 -14.2 214 65 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.2 1.31 12 450 6515 -16.7 -25.1 48 8.4 -18.8 218 63 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.1 1.11 13 400 7387 -23.7 -30.7 52 7.1 -25.0 211 60 324.2 324.4 290.8 326.9 0.74 14 350 8348 -31.1 -39.9 42 8.7 -32.1 203 62 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.34 15 300 9421 -40.3 -44.6 63 4.3 -40.6 208 63 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.24 16 250 10636 -50.0 -52.5 75 2.4 -50.1 220 60 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 17 200 12064 -58.4 -61.5 68 3.1 -58.5 202 80 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 18 150 13851 -63.4 -76.1 16 12.7 -63.5 193 45 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16353 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 222 44 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.34 m Freezing level: 626.51 mb = 3954.12 m = 12972.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.23 mb = 3662.38 m = 12015.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.80 mb = 1580.52 m = 5185.36 ft T: 12.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1612.34 m = 5289.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.29 mb = 1555.52 m = 5103.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.29 mb = 1707.25 m = 5601.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.29 mb = 2124.50 m = 6970.06 ft B at Equ Level: 5.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 762.29 mb = 2340.36 m = 7678.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 57.9 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 43.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.6 neg: -13.2 tot: 315.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.78 Bulk Shear: 74.74 m/s