MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 40.17,-93.07 Latitude: 40.17 Longitude: -93.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 982 280 -1.3 -3.6 84 2.3 -2.1 300 5 273.3 273.8 271.9 281.4 2.97 2 950 547 0.6 -4.8 67 5.4 -1.4 318 11 277.8 278.3 274.3 285.7 2.81 3 900 978 -2.6 -6.1 77 3.5 -3.8 327 11 278.8 279.3 274.8 286.4 2.69 4 850 1428 -6.1 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.6 321 9 279.7 280.2 275.1 287.0 2.56 5 800 1902 -6.7 -12.5 63 5.8 -8.5 319 12 284.0 284.3 276.3 289.3 1.82 6 750 2406 -6.6 -18.4 38 11.9 -9.7 332 15 289.5 289.7 278.2 293.1 1.19 7 700 2943 -8.3 -19.7 39 11.4 -11.3 340 16 293.3 293.5 279.9 296.8 1.14 8 650 3516 -10.4 -23.3 34 12.8 -13.5 338 17 297.2 297.3 281.3 300.0 0.90 9 600 4128 -13.8 -25.5 37 11.7 -16.3 333 18 300.2 300.3 282.5 302.8 0.80 10 550 4783 -18.0 -30.6 32 12.6 -20.1 329 20 302.8 302.9 283.2 304.6 0.55 11 500 5489 -22.8 -31.1 47 8.3 -24.1 327 23 305.2 305.3 284.2 307.1 0.57 12 450 6252 -28.6 -36.8 45 8.2 -29.5 334 27 307.3 307.4 284.8 308.6 0.36 13 400 7086 -34.1 -47.7 24 13.6 -35.0 344 35 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.2 0.13 14 350 8008 -40.0 -56.2 16 16.3 -40.6 351 51 314.8 314.8 287.1 315.0 0.05 15 300 9049 -46.0 -56.4 30 10.4 -46.4 356 77 320.5 320.5 289.0 320.8 0.06 16 250 10241 -52.8 -63.5 26 10.7 -53.0 352 74 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.03 17 200 11683 -51.6 -76.5 4 24.9 -52.0 348 43 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 13545 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 314 19 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16148 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 279 20 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5353.23 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 960.29 mb = 461.02 m = 1512.52 ft Freezing level: 940.65 mb = 627.24 m = 2057.84 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.51 % Est. max temperature: 6.63 C = 43.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.57 mb = 575.41 m = 1887.80 ft T: 0.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 982.1-635007559270400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.83 mb = 3237.48 m = 10621.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.58 C = 69.05 F Cap Strength: 15.77 C Lifted Index: 16.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.45 C Showalter Index: 15.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.71 C Cross Totals Index: 15.35 C K Index: -2.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18941.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.78 mb = 1211.11 m = 3973.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.2 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 0.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 8.18 m/s