MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.91,-92.86 Latitude: 41.91 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 969 287 21.0 2.4 29 18.6 11.1 239 14 296.8 297.7 285.5 310.7 4.68 2 950 454 18.9 0.6 29 18.3 9.5 240 21 296.4 297.1 284.9 308.9 4.21 3 900 913 14.4 -0.4 36 14.8 7.1 238 24 296.3 297.0 284.8 308.5 4.12 4 850 1392 9.7 -1.2 46 10.9 4.5 235 25 296.3 297.1 284.8 308.6 4.12 5 800 1891 4.9 -2.0 61 6.9 1.7 232 25 296.4 297.2 284.8 308.7 4.13 6 750 2413 0.8 -3.2 75 4.0 -1.0 235 26 297.4 298.2 285.1 309.5 4.02 7 700 2968 1.2 -5.5 61 6.6 -1.8 252 31 303.8 304.4 287.1 314.9 3.63 8 650 3563 -0.3 -8.8 52 8.5 -3.8 243 40 308.7 309.2 288.2 318.2 3.02 9 600 4200 -3.2 -12.6 48 9.4 -6.8 232 52 312.4 312.9 288.8 320.3 2.42 10 550 4883 -8.1 -15.7 54 7.6 -10.7 227 60 314.5 314.9 289.1 321.2 2.05 11 500 5615 -13.5 -22.5 47 9.0 -15.9 232 65 316.6 316.9 289.0 320.9 1.26 12 450 6409 -18.5 -28.0 43 9.5 -20.6 229 72 319.9 320.1 289.6 322.9 0.84 13 400 7276 -25.0 -33.9 43 8.9 -26.5 229 79 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.4 0.54 14 350 8234 -30.6 -51.7 11 21.1 -32.3 244 97 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.09 15 300 9311 -38.8 -53.8 19 15.1 -39.6 249 108 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.08 16 250 10537 -47.6 -57.6 31 10.0 -48.0 251 112 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 11977 -56.9 -63.6 42 6.7 -57.1 252 105 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 13798 -57.9 -78.7 5 20.8 -58.1 240 62 370.3 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16331 -62.2 -84.5 4 22.3 -62.4 255 46 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.33 m Freezing level: 659.18 mb = 3453.73 m = 11331.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.45 mb = 2216.02 m = 7270.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.20 % Est. max temperature: 20.56 C = 69.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.72 mb = 2589.40 m = 8495.32 ft T: 0.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 2.15 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 567.48 mb = 4637.24 m = 15213.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.75 C = 99.95 F Cap Strength: 9.50 C Lifted Index: 9.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.82 C Showalter Index: 9.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 12.27 C K Index: 15.39 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12114.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.75 mb = 2721.84 m = 8929.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 58.81 m/s