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: 41.94,-91.07 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -91.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 975 247 21.4 16.9 76 4.4 18.4 190 23 296.7 298.9 292.5 332.9 12.55 2 950 471 19.9 16.1 79 3.8 17.4 191 41 297.4 299.6 292.4 332.8 12.20 3 900 935 16.0 14.8 92 1.3 15.2 193 49 298.0 300.2 292.3 332.4 11.81 4 850 1419 13.0 12.6 98 0.4 12.8 198 54 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.7 10.88 5 800 1928 10.6 10.1 97 0.5 10.3 203 55 302.4 304.2 292.1 331.4 9.75 6 750 2464 7.9 7.4 97 0.5 7.6 206 56 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.1 8.64 7 700 3031 4.9 4.4 97 0.5 4.6 206 57 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.8 7.51 8 650 3633 1.3 0.8 97 0.5 1.0 205 60 310.4 311.6 291.7 329.8 6.27 9 600 4273 -2.8 -3.3 96 0.5 -3.1 205 63 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.6 4.99 10 550 4957 -7.4 -7.9 96 0.5 -7.6 206 66 315.3 316.1 291.0 327.7 3.84 11 500 5693 -12.6 -12.8 98 0.2 -12.6 207 67 317.7 318.3 290.9 327.1 2.86 12 450 6488 -18.2 -18.5 97 0.3 -18.3 207 64 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.1 1.98 13 400 7358 -24.0 -25.0 92 0.9 -24.2 204 66 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.1 1.26 14 350 8318 -31.3 -31.9 94 0.7 -31.4 195 71 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.75 15 300 9389 -40.3 -40.4 99 0.1 -40.3 195 72 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.38 16 250 10606 -49.6 -50.3 93 0.7 -49.7 202 64 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.15 17 200 12029 -59.3 -61.0 81 1.6 -59.4 197 80 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 18 150 13826 -61.7 -77.1 11 15.4 -61.9 207 63 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16337 -60.2 -84.3 3 24.1 -60.5 237 37 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.74 m Freezing level: 634.22 mb = 3834.81 m = 12581.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.62 mb = 3786.59 m = 12423.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.34 mb = 808.76 m = 2653.39 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 5.85 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1169.95 m = 3838.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.57 C = 74.43 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 519.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.94 mb = 1030.28 m = 3380.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.94 mb = 1469.41 m = 4820.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.94 mb = 10475.33 m = 34367.46 ft B at Equ Level: 518.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.94 mb = 12865.11 m = 42207.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.4 at 58.0 knts Storm direction: 233.4 at 43.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 317.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 8.01 Bulk Shear: 64.80 m/s