MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 40.69,-92.53 Latitude: 40.69 Longitude: -92.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 969 262 17.1 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 153 18 292.9 295.0 290.9 327.0 12.01 2 950 432 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 154 31 293.6 295.7 291.0 327.5 11.88 3 900 891 14.0 13.9 100 0.0 14.0 166 44 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.2 11.19 4 850 1374 13.0 12.2 95 0.7 12.5 197 47 299.7 301.7 291.9 330.8 10.59 5 800 1882 10.2 8.5 89 1.7 9.2 208 50 302.0 303.6 291.1 327.9 8.74 6 750 2416 6.9 3.5 79 3.4 5.0 212 49 304.0 305.2 289.9 323.8 6.57 7 700 2981 3.6 -0.9 72 4.6 1.3 211 48 306.5 307.4 289.4 322.2 5.11 8 650 3578 -0.5 -3.4 81 2.9 -1.9 208 49 308.4 309.2 289.5 322.5 4.57 9 600 4214 -4.4 -7.0 82 2.7 -5.5 207 53 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.9 3.76 10 550 4894 -8.9 -11.2 83 2.4 -9.8 210 57 313.5 314.1 289.7 323.0 2.94 11 500 5625 -14.3 -15.3 92 1.0 -14.6 214 57 315.6 316.1 289.8 323.3 2.32 12 450 6416 -19.9 -20.1 98 0.2 -19.9 219 59 318.3 318.6 290.0 324.1 1.72 13 400 7279 -26.1 -26.3 99 0.1 -26.2 224 65 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.9 1.12 14 350 8230 -33.5 -33.5 100 0.0 -33.5 227 70 323.6 323.7 290.6 325.9 0.65 15 300 9293 -41.1 -41.1 100 -0.0 -41.1 228 71 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.35 16 250 10510 -49.8 -49.8 100 0.0 -49.8 223 67 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 11939 -55.9 -65.0 31 9.1 -56.1 227 68 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13760 -56.6 -79.3 4 22.7 -56.9 237 61 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16333 -58.9 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.2 260 39 413.9 413.9 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.82 m Freezing level: 656.48 mb = 3500.88 m = 11485.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.69 mb = 3218.16 m = 10558.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.14 mb = 377.22 m = 1237.59 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.61 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 781.38 m = 2563.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.56 C = 67.21 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.72 mb = 762.74 m = 2502.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.72 mb = 2995.56 m = 9827.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.72 mb = 9095.51 m = 29840.54 ft B at Equ Level: 356.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.72 mb = 11665.35 m = 38271.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.2 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 235.2 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 555.4 neg: -9.2 tot: 546.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 182.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 1.96 Bulk Shear: 182.00 m/s