MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.22,-90.21 Latitude: 41.22 Longitude: -90.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 987 211 18.7 4.2 38 14.5 10.9 229 8 292.9 293.8 284.6 308.1 5.23 2 950 534 15.8 1.2 37 14.6 8.4 235 15 293.2 294.0 283.8 306.1 4.39 3 900 989 11.5 -0.5 43 12.0 5.7 240 19 293.4 294.1 283.5 305.4 4.10 4 850 1463 7.1 -3.0 48 10.1 2.5 245 23 293.6 294.3 283.1 304.3 3.61 5 800 1958 3.6 -10.5 35 14.0 -1.7 248 28 295.0 295.3 282.0 301.5 2.15 6 750 2478 0.4 -15.0 30 15.4 -4.7 261 27 297.0 297.3 282.1 301.9 1.59 7 700 3027 -3.8 -15.7 39 11.9 -7.5 268 31 298.3 298.6 282.7 303.3 1.61 8 650 3607 -8.5 -12.7 71 4.3 -9.9 253 29 299.4 299.8 283.9 306.2 2.21 9 600 4224 -11.7 -14.9 77 3.3 -12.7 222 33 302.6 303.0 284.9 308.9 2.00 10 550 4885 -16.1 -16.9 93 0.9 -16.3 216 41 305.0 305.3 285.7 310.9 1.84 11 500 5597 -20.4 -20.7 98 0.3 -20.5 225 40 308.2 308.4 286.4 313.0 1.47 12 450 6369 -25.5 -26.0 95 0.5 -25.6 228 36 311.2 311.4 286.9 314.6 1.02 13 400 7213 -31.5 -31.7 98 0.2 -31.5 213 40 314.0 314.2 287.5 316.4 0.67 14 350 8142 -39.7 -39.7 99 0.1 -39.6 208 45 315.3 315.3 287.6 316.5 0.35 15 300 9179 -46.5 -51.5 57 4.9 -46.7 207 56 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.11 16 250 10377 -50.3 -66.8 13 16.4 -50.7 211 59 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.02 17 200 11827 -51.2 -74.7 4 23.5 -51.6 225 46 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13699 -52.3 -81.0 2 28.6 -52.8 254 35 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16281 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.7 -59.1 235 34 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5500.24 m Freezing level: 745.48 mb = 2527.76 m = 8293.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 820.11 mb = 1755.13 m = 5758.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.48 % Est. max temperature: 19.71 C = 67.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.69 mb = 2011.47 m = 6599.22 ft T: 3.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 6.61 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 2879.60 m = 9447.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: 5.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 17.41 C K Index: 12.66 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11871.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.72 mb = 2342.62 m = 7685.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.5 neg: -5.4 tot: 66.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 37.57 m/s