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 the city database file for: KDVN ... 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: KDVN Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -90.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 979 215 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 217 7 291.8 293.9 290.2 324.7 11.60 2 950 471 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 239 17 294.1 296.2 291.2 328.3 11.98 3 900 932 15.7 12.7 82 3.0 13.8 262 16 297.7 299.6 291.0 327.7 10.32 4 850 1416 13.4 8.2 71 5.2 10.3 260 20 300.2 301.7 290.0 324.0 8.07 5 800 1924 10.9 4.3 64 6.6 7.2 253 26 302.7 303.9 289.5 322.3 6.53 6 750 2460 7.7 2.2 68 5.5 4.7 247 30 304.9 306.0 289.7 323.1 5.99 7 700 3025 3.7 -1.4 69 5.1 1.1 242 34 306.5 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.93 8 650 3622 -0.8 -8.3 57 7.5 -4.0 239 42 308.1 308.6 288.1 317.9 3.13 9 600 4256 -4.5 -14.2 47 9.7 -8.0 237 51 310.9 311.3 288.0 317.7 2.12 10 550 4937 -8.2 -18.8 42 10.7 -11.5 238 55 314.4 314.7 288.6 319.6 1.57 11 500 5670 -12.7 -27.4 28 14.6 -16.2 244 55 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.3 0.81 12 450 6465 -18.5 -28.7 40 10.2 -20.7 242 64 320.0 320.1 289.6 322.8 0.80 13 400 7333 -24.4 -30.8 56 6.4 -25.6 237 65 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.74 14 350 8292 -31.6 -39.4 46 7.9 -32.5 236 72 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.36 15 300 9361 -40.6 -44.1 69 3.5 -40.8 237 78 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.25 16 250 10574 -51.1 -51.6 94 0.5 -51.1 240 86 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 17 200 12012 -53.0 -70.5 10 17.5 -53.3 248 76 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13859 -56.8 -79.4 4 22.6 -57.1 252 62 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16370 -65.4 -83.8 6 18.4 -65.5 244 43 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.92 m Freezing level: 659.03 mb = 3514.04 m = 11528.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.89 mb = 3153.80 m = 10346.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.04 mb = 354.20 m = 1162.05 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 5.97 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1587.12 m = 5207.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.14 mb = 920.86 m = 3021.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.14 mb = 3185.96 m = 10452.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 416.14 mb = 7041.30 m = 23101.08 ft B at Equ Level: 91.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.14 mb = 9675.94 m = 31744.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.2 neg: -18.7 tot: 73.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.26 Bulk Shear: 72.45 m/s