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: 41.74,-93.35 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 SFC 968 278 23.2 15.7 63 7.5 18.2 201 23 299.2 301.3 292.6 333.3 11.69 2 950 437 22.1 15.0 64 7.1 17.4 203 38 299.6 301.7 292.4 332.8 11.34 3 900 904 17.6 13.7 78 3.9 15.1 204 47 299.7 301.7 292.2 331.9 11.01 4 850 1390 13.3 11.9 91 1.4 12.4 206 53 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.6 10.39 5 800 1898 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 209 56 301.2 302.8 291.2 328.0 9.08 6 750 2430 6.0 5.0 93 1.0 5.5 209 57 303.1 304.4 290.3 325.0 7.33 7 700 2993 3.1 0.7 84 2.4 1.8 200 59 305.9 307.0 289.8 323.5 5.76 8 650 3592 0.6 -1.1 88 1.7 -0.3 197 77 309.6 310.7 290.7 326.5 5.44 9 600 4230 -3.5 -6.1 82 2.6 -4.7 195 82 312.1 312.8 290.2 324.8 4.04 10 550 4913 -7.8 -11.1 77 3.4 -9.1 198 82 314.9 315.5 290.1 324.5 2.97 11 500 5648 -12.5 -18.6 60 6.2 -14.4 204 82 317.9 318.2 289.9 323.8 1.76 12 450 6445 -17.0 -25.6 47 8.6 -19.1 202 78 321.8 322.0 290.4 325.5 1.06 13 400 7317 -23.6 -31.1 50 7.4 -25.0 203 81 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.71 14 350 8276 -32.1 -35.5 72 3.4 -32.6 201 82 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.53 15 300 9343 -41.3 -41.5 98 0.2 -41.3 203 86 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.33 16 250 10553 -51.0 -51.2 98 0.2 -51.0 209 91 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 11977 -57.6 -62.3 55 4.7 -57.7 197 92 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 18 150 13798 -61.3 -77.4 10 16.2 -61.4 192 57 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16322 -59.2 -84.3 2 25.1 -59.6 230 44 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.53 m Freezing level: 642.67 mb = 3685.35 m = 12090.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.48 mb = 3511.75 m = 11521.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.57 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.61 mb = 1225.24 m = 4019.75 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 9.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1449.64 m = 4755.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.66 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 657.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.01 mb = 1379.63 m = 4526.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.01 mb = 1528.74 m = 5015.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.01 mb = 10920.30 m = 35827.31 ft B at Equ Level: 646.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.01 mb = 13156.13 m = 43162.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.6 at 66.9 knts Storm direction: 231.6 at 50.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.0 neg: -13.4 tot: 246.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 6.02 Bulk Shear: 109.27 m/s