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: 42.91,-91.89 Latitude: 42.91 Longitude: -91.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 962 332 24.6 15.0 55 9.6 18.2 180 25 301.1 303.1 292.8 334.1 11.20 2 950 440 23.5 14.6 57 9.0 17.6 181 36 301.1 303.1 292.7 333.6 11.03 3 900 909 18.9 13.6 71 5.4 15.4 184 47 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.2 10.93 4 850 1397 14.2 12.4 89 1.8 13.1 188 52 301.1 303.0 292.4 332.7 10.73 5 800 1906 10.8 10.7 100 0.1 10.7 195 54 302.6 304.5 292.5 332.8 10.17 6 750 2442 7.6 6.1 90 1.5 6.8 206 56 304.9 306.3 291.3 328.6 7.89 7 700 3010 6.1 1.4 72 4.7 3.5 204 65 309.2 310.4 291.1 327.9 6.06 8 650 3614 2.3 -3.3 67 5.6 -0.4 200 72 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.0 4.61 9 600 4254 -3.4 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.5 198 71 312.2 312.9 289.7 323.1 3.40 10 550 4936 -7.7 -19.7 38 12.0 -11.4 198 72 314.9 315.2 288.6 319.8 1.45 11 500 5674 -10.7 -23.1 36 12.3 -14.2 204 72 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.1 1.20 12 450 6475 -16.4 -24.5 49 8.1 -18.5 206 71 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.7 1.17 13 400 7349 -23.1 -34.0 36 10.9 -25.0 199 66 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.54 14 350 8311 -30.9 -42.0 33 11.0 -32.1 201 70 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.27 15 300 9384 -40.1 -45.9 54 5.8 -40.5 197 67 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.21 16 250 10600 -50.1 -52.8 73 2.7 -50.2 193 61 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 17 200 12025 -59.3 -61.4 76 2.1 -59.4 187 79 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 18 150 13816 -64.6 -75.7 20 11.1 -64.7 203 57 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16327 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.7 223 41 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.10 m Freezing level: 629.80 mb = 3872.91 m = 12706.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.63 mb = 3543.84 m = 11626.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.35 mb = 1542.70 m = 5061.29 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1699.42 m = 5575.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 472.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.43 mb = 1582.26 m = 5191.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.43 mb = 1943.33 m = 6375.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.43 mb = 2819.17 m = 9249.13 ft B at Equ Level: 10.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.43 mb = 13168.74 m = 43203.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.6 at 62.7 knts Storm direction: 228.6 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 397.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 102.97 m/s