MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.30,-93.31 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 974 327 9.7 -0.3 50 10.0 5.1 298 18 285.0 285.6 279.5 295.9 3.84 2 950 536 7.1 -1.3 55 8.4 3.4 300 30 284.3 285.0 279.0 294.7 3.65 3 900 977 2.5 -2.4 70 4.9 0.5 301 35 284.1 284.7 278.7 294.3 3.57 4 850 1435 -1.8 -3.7 87 1.9 -2.6 303 38 284.2 284.8 278.6 294.0 3.42 5 800 1914 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.1 -5.9 306 39 285.3 285.8 278.5 293.7 2.92 6 750 2417 -9.3 -9.6 97 0.4 -9.4 311 40 286.5 287.0 278.4 293.7 2.45 7 700 2950 -10.1 -13.7 74 3.7 -11.2 315 44 291.3 291.7 280.0 297.0 1.89 8 650 3519 -11.6 -16.2 69 4.6 -12.9 314 48 295.8 296.1 281.7 301.0 1.66 9 600 4131 -13.0 -18.0 67 4.9 -14.4 314 58 301.0 301.3 283.8 305.9 1.55 10 550 4791 -15.3 -22.9 52 7.6 -17.1 315 62 305.9 306.1 285.1 309.6 1.11 11 500 5505 -19.7 -29.4 42 9.7 -21.5 316 63 309.0 309.1 285.8 311.3 0.67 12 450 6278 -25.4 -31.1 59 5.6 -26.3 314 66 311.3 311.4 286.5 313.4 0.63 13 400 7121 -32.0 -37.3 59 5.3 -32.6 318 69 313.4 313.5 287.0 314.8 0.39 14 350 8049 -39.8 -45.7 53 5.9 -40.2 313 74 315.1 315.1 287.3 315.7 0.18 15 300 9086 -45.4 -57.3 25 12.0 -45.8 310 94 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.05 16 250 10294 -48.0 -65.5 12 17.5 -48.4 310 101 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.02 17 200 11760 -49.5 -75.0 4 25.5 -50.0 308 86 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.01 18 150 13629 -52.7 -80.3 2 27.5 -53.2 305 68 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16214 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 299 34 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5394.08 m Freezing level: 870.94 mb = 1243.31 m = 4079.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 891.98 mb = 1048.64 m = 3440.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.50 % Est. max temperature: 9.52 C = 49.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.06 mb = 1565.98 m = 5137.67 ft T: -2.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.78 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.08 mb = 1622.70 m = 5323.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.39 C = 48.91 F Cap Strength: 11.61 C Lifted Index: 13.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 13.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.89 C Cross Totals Index: 16.04 C K Index: 10.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.01 mb = 1585.32 m = 5201.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.01 mb = 1825.78 m = 5990.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.01 mb = 2530.86 m = 8303.23 ft B at Equ Level: 7.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 719.01 mb = 2742.66 m = 8998.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.9 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 341.9 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 65.96 m/s