MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 41.20,-93.51 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 967 291 17.5 15.2 86 2.3 16.0 141 15 293.5 295.5 290.5 325.6 11.28 2 950 442 16.6 14.5 88 2.0 15.3 143 26 294.0 296.0 290.4 325.5 11.01 3 900 900 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.2 154 36 295.3 297.2 290.5 325.6 10.56 4 850 1381 11.5 11.4 100 0.1 11.4 170 38 298.2 300.0 291.0 327.4 10.02 5 800 1887 9.4 8.6 95 0.8 8.9 184 38 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.2 8.81 6 750 2423 8.3 -0.6 54 8.9 3.8 188 38 305.6 306.5 288.9 320.5 4.89 7 700 2989 4.2 -6.0 47 10.3 -0.4 195 38 307.2 307.8 288.1 318.0 3.48 8 650 3586 -0.5 -8.8 53 8.3 -3.9 204 39 308.4 309.0 288.1 318.0 3.02 9 600 4220 -5.4 -10.9 65 5.5 -7.5 208 43 309.9 310.4 288.3 318.7 2.77 10 550 4897 -10.2 -12.3 85 2.1 -10.9 212 50 312.0 312.5 289.0 320.7 2.71 11 500 5627 -14.1 -17.2 77 3.2 -15.1 216 52 315.9 316.3 289.5 322.4 1.98 12 450 6417 -20.2 -28.4 48 8.2 -21.9 219 52 317.8 318.0 288.9 320.7 0.82 13 400 7277 -27.2 -35.6 45 8.4 -28.4 224 60 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.3 0.46 14 350 8222 -35.8 -38.3 78 2.5 -36.0 219 63 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.9 0.40 15 300 9273 -44.6 -46.7 80 2.1 -44.7 219 66 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.2 0.19 16 250 10472 -51.8 -57.7 49 5.9 -51.9 223 70 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.06 17 200 11903 -55.6 -69.2 17 13.6 -55.8 244 63 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 13735 -54.5 -80.0 3 25.5 -54.9 242 63 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16317 -58.3 -84.2 2 26.0 -58.6 258 33 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.35 m Freezing level: 654.88 mb = 3528.05 m = 11574.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.69 mb = 2933.80 m = 9625.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.04 mb = 585.36 m = 1920.46 ft T: 15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 933.18 m = 3061.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.48 C = 67.07 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 26.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 351.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.34 mb = 878.24 m = 2881.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.34 mb = 3742.19 m = 12277.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.34 mb = 9789.20 m = 32116.42 ft B at Equ Level: 349.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.34 mb = 11671.41 m = 38291.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 377.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 138.88 m/s