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: 42.75,-91.54 Latitude: 42.75 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 5 SFC 964 319 24.9 15.1 55 9.8 18.4 178 23 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.3 11.28 2 950 449 23.5 14.5 57 9.0 17.5 180 37 301.1 303.1 292.6 333.4 10.98 3 900 918 18.9 13.4 70 5.5 15.3 183 47 301.0 303.0 292.4 332.8 10.80 4 850 1406 14.2 12.3 88 1.9 13.0 186 52 301.0 302.9 292.3 332.3 10.63 5 800 1915 10.4 10.4 100 0.0 10.4 197 55 302.2 304.0 292.2 331.6 9.92 6 750 2452 9.4 4.3 71 5.1 6.5 207 58 306.7 308.0 291.1 327.9 6.95 7 700 3023 6.7 2.5 75 4.2 4.4 203 65 309.9 311.2 291.7 330.2 6.58 8 650 3627 2.2 -3.7 65 5.9 -0.6 201 68 311.5 312.3 290.5 325.6 4.49 9 600 4267 -3.4 -8.7 66 5.3 -5.6 200 69 312.2 312.9 289.6 322.8 3.30 10 550 4949 -7.4 -22.6 28 15.2 -11.8 201 69 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.1 1.13 11 500 5688 -10.2 -28.0 22 17.8 -14.6 205 68 320.6 320.8 289.8 323.3 0.77 12 450 6489 -16.8 -20.9 70 4.2 -18.0 208 67 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.6 1.60 13 400 7363 -23.2 -30.8 50 7.6 -24.6 202 62 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.73 14 350 8325 -30.7 -39.3 43 8.6 -31.7 203 67 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.36 15 300 9401 -39.7 -45.5 54 5.8 -40.1 200 65 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 16 250 10616 -50.7 -51.4 92 0.7 -50.8 196 57 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 17 200 12038 -59.4 -61.6 75 2.2 -59.4 182 73 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 18 150 13825 -64.3 -75.4 20 11.1 -64.4 200 56 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16332 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 222 41 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.35 m Freezing level: 630.14 mb = 3881.26 m = 12733.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.20 mb = 3549.64 m = 11645.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.92 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.87 mb = 1546.92 m = 5075.14 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 6.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.75 mb = 1679.78 m = 5511.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.25 mb = 1603.59 m = 5261.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.25 mb = 1756.72 m = 5763.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.25 mb = 2070.03 m = 6791.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 765.25 mb = 2284.51 m = 7495.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.7 at 61.0 knts Storm direction: 229.7 at 45.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 422.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.96 Bulk Shear: 104.13 m/s