MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.59,-90.45 Latitude: 41.59 Longitude: -90.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 981 212 22.9 16.4 67 6.5 18.5 183 23 297.6 299.8 292.4 332.4 12.01 2 950 494 20.9 15.5 71 5.4 17.3 186 44 298.4 300.5 292.4 332.5 11.70 3 900 959 16.7 14.3 85 2.4 15.1 189 52 298.7 300.8 292.3 332.0 11.43 4 850 1444 13.4 12.3 93 1.2 12.7 199 58 300.2 302.1 292.1 331.4 10.61 5 800 1953 10.6 10.0 96 0.6 10.3 212 54 302.5 304.3 292.0 331.3 9.71 6 750 2490 7.4 7.3 99 0.1 7.3 214 52 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.3 8.56 7 700 3056 4.9 3.4 90 1.5 4.1 207 54 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.2 6.99 8 650 3658 1.5 -3.2 71 4.6 -0.8 204 58 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.2 4.67 9 600 4297 -3.4 -6.6 78 3.3 -4.8 204 60 312.2 313.0 290.1 324.5 3.88 10 550 4979 -8.0 -16.1 52 8.1 -10.8 205 60 314.6 315.0 289.1 321.1 1.98 11 500 5714 -12.0 -16.8 67 4.8 -13.6 207 58 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.3 2.05 12 450 6512 -17.5 -22.0 68 4.5 -18.7 207 55 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.3 1.46 13 400 7383 -24.0 -28.4 67 4.3 -24.9 207 58 323.8 323.9 290.9 327.0 0.92 14 350 8342 -30.9 -32.0 90 1.1 -31.1 196 63 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.7 0.75 15 300 9417 -39.5 -44.8 57 5.3 -39.9 198 57 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.23 16 250 10636 -49.7 -51.1 85 1.4 -49.8 202 52 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.14 17 200 12061 -59.0 -60.7 80 1.7 -59.0 201 74 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 18 150 13843 -63.5 -76.0 17 12.5 -63.6 198 55 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16350 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 236 38 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.10 m Freezing level: 634.76 mb = 3852.48 m = 12639.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.23 mb = 3555.40 m = 11664.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.94 mb = 1035.60 m = 3397.60 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.36 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1405.46 m = 4611.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 419.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.08 mb = 1207.26 m = 3960.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.08 mb = 2067.53 m = 6783.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.08 mb = 10397.68 m = 34112.72 ft B at Equ Level: 418.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.08 mb = 12745.02 m = 41813.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.9 at 55.0 knts Storm direction: 233.9 at 41.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.7 neg: -20.6 tot: 377.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 6.78 Bulk Shear: 61.97 m/s