MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.61,-90.57 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -90.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 979 216 25.2 8.8 35 16.3 15.3 251 6 300.1 301.5 289.3 321.7 7.29 2 950 476 21.4 7.3 40 14.1 13.2 251 9 298.9 300.2 288.4 319.0 6.78 3 900 941 16.9 5.9 48 11.0 10.7 251 11 299.0 300.1 288.1 318.1 6.47 4 850 1424 12.5 4.0 56 8.4 7.9 253 13 299.2 300.3 287.8 317.1 6.02 5 800 1929 9.8 -6.0 32 15.8 2.7 253 22 301.6 302.1 285.7 311.0 3.05 6 750 2461 6.2 -9.2 32 15.4 -0.2 248 28 303.3 303.7 285.7 311.2 2.53 7 700 3022 2.3 -14.6 28 16.9 -3.8 250 28 305.0 305.3 285.5 310.7 1.76 8 650 3616 -1.5 -21.4 20 19.9 -7.5 246 29 307.2 307.4 285.6 310.7 1.06 9 600 4248 -5.1 -30.8 11 25.7 -11.0 242 39 310.3 310.3 286.0 311.9 0.49 10 550 4926 -9.4 -31.7 14 22.3 -14.2 239 49 313.0 313.1 287.0 314.7 0.49 11 500 5656 -14.2 -32.7 19 18.5 -17.8 241 58 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.5 0.49 12 450 6445 -19.9 -34.6 26 14.7 -22.4 241 68 318.2 318.3 288.7 319.9 0.45 13 400 7309 -25.7 -37.0 34 11.3 -27.3 239 73 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.40 14 350 8263 -32.2 -35.8 71 3.6 -32.7 238 84 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.2 0.52 15 300 9330 -41.0 -42.7 84 1.7 -41.2 235 93 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.30 16 250 10546 -49.1 -49.9 92 0.8 -49.1 231 109 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.16 17 200 11992 -52.3 -72.1 7 19.8 -52.7 239 74 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13839 -56.3 -79.5 4 23.2 -56.6 242 55 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16366 -62.8 -84.1 4 21.3 -63.0 245 39 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.10 m Freezing level: 670.17 mb = 3376.52 m = 11077.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.66 mb = 2421.30 m = 7943.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.71 mb = 2247.60 m = 7373.94 ft T: 7.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.77 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 2932.03 m = 9619.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: 2.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 13.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8221.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.30 mb = 2284.17 m = 7493.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 51.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 77.11 m/s