MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.40,-91.38 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 980 209 16.5 16.0 97 0.4 16.2 218 5 291.3 293.4 290.2 324.6 11.78 2 950 471 17.1 15.4 90 1.6 16.0 251 12 294.5 296.6 291.1 327.9 11.67 3 900 933 16.5 7.9 57 8.7 11.4 271 12 298.5 299.9 288.8 320.3 7.42 4 850 1418 13.7 2.0 45 11.7 7.5 267 16 300.5 301.5 287.5 316.1 5.22 5 800 1925 10.6 -1.1 44 11.7 4.8 259 21 302.4 303.2 287.3 315.8 4.42 6 750 2459 7.1 -2.1 52 9.3 2.6 253 27 304.3 305.1 288.0 317.7 4.36 7 700 3023 3.1 -3.6 61 6.7 -0.1 247 33 305.9 306.7 288.3 318.8 4.18 8 650 3619 -1.3 -9.8 52 8.5 -4.7 243 38 307.5 308.1 287.5 316.3 2.79 9 600 4252 -4.3 -21.5 25 17.2 -9.4 241 45 311.1 311.3 287.1 314.9 1.14 10 550 4933 -8.2 -27.0 20 18.8 -12.9 243 49 314.4 314.5 287.8 317.0 0.76 11 500 5665 -12.8 -39.0 9 26.1 -17.3 246 54 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.4 0.26 12 450 6460 -18.4 -34.2 24 15.8 -21.2 241 67 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.8 0.47 13 400 7328 -24.4 -37.5 29 13.1 -26.3 236 66 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.38 14 350 8287 -31.7 -40.6 41 8.9 -32.7 236 75 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.2 0.32 15 300 9356 -40.6 -44.0 70 3.4 -40.9 238 81 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.26 16 250 10569 -50.8 -52.8 79 2.0 -50.9 241 90 330.5 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.11 17 200 12010 -52.8 -70.5 10 17.7 -53.1 246 76 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13855 -57.1 -79.3 4 22.2 -57.3 252 64 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16371 -65.3 -83.9 6 18.6 -65.4 244 43 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.15 m Freezing level: 664.46 mb = 3446.31 m = 11306.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.28 mb = 3008.02 m = 9868.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.36 C = 79.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.79 mb = 260.06 m = 853.21 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 12.08 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2074.01 m = 6804.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 14.88 C K Index: 21.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6436.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.45 mb = 1235.62 m = 4053.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.2 neg: -12.8 tot: 52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 78.57 m/s