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: 41.81,-91.54 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 975 240 26.1 14.6 49 11.5 18.5 181 23 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.3 10.80 2 950 465 23.5 13.9 55 9.5 17.2 183 39 301.0 303.0 292.3 332.2 10.59 3 900 933 18.7 13.0 69 5.7 15.0 186 47 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.7 10.51 4 850 1420 13.9 12.0 88 1.9 12.7 189 52 300.7 302.6 292.1 331.4 10.42 5 800 1929 10.6 10.2 97 0.4 10.3 206 56 302.5 304.3 292.2 331.5 9.80 6 750 2468 10.3 5.5 72 4.7 7.5 209 58 307.7 309.2 291.9 330.9 7.59 7 700 3040 6.8 1.6 70 5.2 3.9 204 61 310.0 311.2 291.5 329.0 6.16 8 650 3644 2.3 -2.0 73 4.3 0.1 200 65 311.6 312.6 291.0 327.6 5.10 9 600 4285 -3.3 -5.7 84 2.3 -4.4 201 66 312.3 313.1 290.4 325.5 4.18 10 550 4967 -7.5 -22.0 30 14.5 -11.7 203 64 315.2 315.4 288.5 319.2 1.19 11 500 5705 -10.3 -29.2 20 18.9 -14.8 208 65 320.5 320.6 289.6 322.9 0.68 12 450 6506 -16.8 -21.0 70 4.2 -18.0 214 65 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.6 1.59 13 400 7379 -23.5 -27.7 69 4.1 -24.4 206 59 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 0.99 14 350 8341 -30.7 -38.7 45 8.1 -31.7 204 63 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.38 15 300 9416 -39.7 -45.4 55 5.7 -40.1 203 62 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 16 250 10632 -50.5 -52.1 83 1.6 -50.6 204 53 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 17 200 12056 -59.4 -61.1 81 1.7 -59.5 189 72 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 18 150 13842 -64.2 -75.8 19 11.6 -64.3 205 48 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16346 -60.8 -84.2 3 23.4 -61.0 221 42 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.61 m Freezing level: 629.49 mb = 3906.91 m = 12817.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.48 mb = 3662.83 m = 12017.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.25 C = 79.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.03 mb = 1680.85 m = 5514.53 ft T: 12.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.30 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1782.98 m = 5849.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 273.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.08 mb = 1660.00 m = 5446.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.08 mb = 3880.63 m = 12731.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.08 mb = 10863.71 m = 35641.65 ft B at Equ Level: 268.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.08 mb = 12673.23 m = 41578.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.7 at 58.7 knts Storm direction: 231.7 at 44.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.1 neg: -12.2 tot: 382.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 2.96 Bulk Shear: 92.44 m/s