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: 41.55,-92.15 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -92.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 973 249 25.8 15.4 53 10.4 18.8 187 24 301.3 303.4 293.0 334.9 11.39 2 950 457 23.4 14.8 58 8.6 17.7 190 39 300.9 303.0 292.7 333.8 11.17 3 900 926 18.7 13.8 73 4.9 15.5 193 46 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.4 11.08 4 850 1414 14.0 12.8 92 1.3 13.2 196 50 300.9 302.9 292.6 333.1 10.96 5 800 1923 10.7 10.7 100 0.0 10.7 204 55 302.6 304.4 292.4 332.6 10.14 6 750 2459 8.2 6.0 86 2.2 6.9 210 57 305.5 306.9 291.5 329.2 7.86 7 700 3028 6.1 2.2 76 3.9 3.9 206 63 309.2 310.4 291.4 329.0 6.41 8 650 3632 2.3 -2.4 71 4.7 -0.0 201 69 311.6 312.5 290.9 327.1 4.93 9 600 4273 -3.2 -8.1 69 4.9 -5.3 199 69 312.4 313.1 289.8 323.5 3.47 10 550 4955 -7.8 -19.0 40 11.2 -11.3 200 68 314.8 315.1 288.7 319.9 1.55 11 500 5692 -11.2 -20.7 45 9.5 -14.0 208 70 319.4 319.6 290.1 324.4 1.47 12 450 6492 -16.4 -28.4 35 12.1 -19.1 213 70 322.7 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.82 13 400 7366 -23.3 -34.2 36 10.9 -25.1 204 65 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.53 14 350 8327 -31.2 -40.9 38 9.7 -32.3 201 67 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.31 15 300 9398 -40.5 -43.9 70 3.3 -40.8 201 68 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.26 16 250 10612 -50.2 -52.3 78 2.2 -50.3 212 65 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.12 17 200 12040 -58.2 -61.6 65 3.4 -58.3 198 82 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 13835 -63.1 -76.4 15 13.3 -63.3 200 47 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16343 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 223 44 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.64 m Freezing level: 628.83 mb = 3903.74 m = 12807.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.49 mb = 3626.33 m = 11897.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.60 mb = 1557.26 m = 5109.06 ft T: 13.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1632.80 m = 5356.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.97 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 34.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.34 mb = 1549.81 m = 5084.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.34 mb = 1804.83 m = 5921.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 721.34 mb = 2780.71 m = 9122.96 ft B at Equ Level: 8.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.34 mb = 13380.16 m = 43897.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 60.6 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 45.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 326.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 6.55 Bulk Shear: 89.11 m/s