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: 41.89,-90.47 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -90.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 979 228 22.6 16.4 68 6.2 18.5 181 24 297.6 299.8 292.4 332.6 12.08 2 950 488 20.9 15.6 72 5.3 17.4 184 44 298.4 300.5 292.4 332.7 11.78 3 900 953 16.7 14.4 86 2.3 15.2 187 53 298.8 300.8 292.3 332.3 11.53 4 850 1439 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.7 198 58 300.4 302.3 292.1 331.5 10.61 5 800 1948 10.8 10.0 95 0.7 10.3 209 54 302.6 304.4 292.1 331.4 9.71 6 750 2484 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 214 53 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.2 8.52 7 700 3050 4.9 3.4 90 1.5 4.1 208 55 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.3 6.98 8 650 3652 1.2 -1.6 81 2.8 -0.2 203 59 310.3 311.3 290.7 326.6 5.23 9 600 4291 -3.5 -5.8 84 2.3 -4.6 203 62 312.1 312.8 290.3 325.2 4.14 10 550 4973 -8.2 -13.9 63 5.7 -10.3 204 62 314.4 314.8 289.4 322.1 2.37 11 500 5707 -12.2 -15.6 75 3.4 -13.4 206 60 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.7 2.26 12 450 6505 -17.5 -21.7 69 4.3 -18.6 206 57 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.4 1.50 13 400 7376 -24.0 -27.3 74 3.3 -24.7 205 59 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.4 1.02 14 350 8335 -30.9 -32.3 88 1.3 -31.2 196 64 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.7 0.73 15 300 9410 -39.5 -43.6 65 4.1 -39.8 195 59 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.27 16 250 10630 -49.7 -50.8 89 1.1 -49.8 199 54 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.14 17 200 12054 -58.8 -60.6 80 1.8 -58.9 201 77 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 18 150 13839 -63.0 -75.9 16 12.9 -63.1 198 57 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16347 -60.8 -84.1 3 23.3 -61.1 235 39 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.70 m Freezing level: 637.11 mb = 3816.43 m = 12520.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.51 mb = 3620.35 m = 11877.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.14 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.45 mb = 1015.34 m = 3331.11 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.59 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1411.28 m = 4630.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.54 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.58 mb = 1196.49 m = 3925.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.58 mb = 2056.67 m = 6747.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.58 mb = 10640.20 m = 34908.36 ft B at Equ Level: 469.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.58 mb = 13077.38 m = 42904.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.0 at 56.3 knts Storm direction: 233.0 at 42.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 416.9 neg: -16.1 tot: 400.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.91 Bulk Shear: 68.43 m/s