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: 40.81,-92.39 Latitude: 40.81 Longitude: -92.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 246 17.2 16.1 93 1.1 16.5 154 18 292.7 294.9 290.7 326.6 11.91 2 950 435 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 155 32 293.5 295.6 290.9 327.1 11.78 3 900 894 13.8 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 167 44 295.7 297.7 291.0 327.7 11.08 4 850 1376 12.6 12.2 97 0.4 12.3 194 46 299.4 301.3 291.7 330.2 10.54 5 800 1884 10.1 8.9 93 1.1 9.4 207 48 301.9 303.5 291.3 328.6 9.00 6 750 2419 6.9 4.3 84 2.5 5.5 210 47 304.0 305.3 290.3 325.0 6.97 7 700 2983 3.7 -1.4 69 5.1 1.2 209 46 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.8 4.95 8 650 3581 -0.9 -3.6 82 2.7 -2.1 206 47 308.0 308.8 289.3 322.0 4.52 9 600 4216 -4.5 -6.9 83 2.4 -5.5 206 53 310.9 311.6 289.6 322.9 3.79 10 550 4896 -8.9 -11.2 83 2.4 -9.8 209 58 313.5 314.1 289.7 323.0 2.95 11 500 5627 -14.1 -15.5 89 1.4 -14.6 214 59 315.8 316.3 289.8 323.4 2.29 12 450 6418 -19.8 -20.2 96 0.4 -19.9 219 59 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.1 1.70 13 400 7281 -26.1 -26.4 98 0.2 -26.2 223 61 321.0 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.11 14 350 8232 -33.5 -33.5 100 0.0 -33.5 227 66 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.9 0.65 15 300 9295 -41.1 -41.1 100 -0.0 -41.1 228 68 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.35 16 250 10511 -49.9 -50.0 99 0.1 -50.0 223 65 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.16 17 200 11939 -56.2 -65.1 32 8.9 -56.4 226 68 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13756 -57.0 -79.1 4 22.1 -57.3 236 64 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16330 -58.7 -84.2 2 25.4 -59.1 260 38 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.32 m Freezing level: 659.51 mb = 3466.91 m = 11374.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.16 mb = 3191.37 m = 10470.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.93 mb = 382.35 m = 1254.41 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 8.38 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.50 mb = 777.22 m = 2549.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.59 C = 67.26 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 26.28 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 300.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.63 mb = 748.19 m = 2454.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.63 mb = 3209.51 m = 10529.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.63 mb = 9055.30 m = 29708.64 ft B at Equ Level: 298.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.63 mb = 11311.00 m = 37109.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 513.1 neg: -10.1 tot: 503.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 167.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 169.36 m/s