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: 40.92,-93.68 Latitude: 40.92 Longitude: -93.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -35 SFC 959 322 17.6 15.6 88 1.9 16.3 163 16 294.2 296.3 291.0 327.7 11.72 2 950 404 17.8 15.2 84 2.7 16.1 168 25 295.3 297.4 291.2 328.3 11.50 3 900 866 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 14.0 190 37 297.8 299.7 291.2 328.2 10.45 4 850 1350 13.0 9.7 81 3.3 11.0 207 41 299.8 301.4 290.6 326.1 8.95 5 800 1857 10.0 5.5 74 4.5 7.5 216 44 301.8 303.1 289.7 323.0 7.12 6 750 2391 7.4 0.6 62 6.7 3.9 220 44 304.6 305.6 289.0 320.8 5.34 7 700 2956 3.4 -2.6 65 6.0 0.5 223 46 306.3 307.1 288.8 320.2 4.52 8 650 3552 -1.0 -4.8 75 3.8 -2.7 222 51 307.9 308.6 288.9 320.7 4.12 9 600 4186 -5.3 -7.7 83 2.5 -6.3 216 53 310.0 310.7 289.1 321.3 3.56 10 550 4863 -9.8 -12.1 83 2.3 -10.6 210 53 312.5 313.0 289.2 321.3 2.75 11 500 5591 -15.1 -17.7 80 2.6 -15.9 206 53 314.6 315.0 289.0 320.9 1.90 12 450 6378 -21.1 -24.8 72 3.7 -22.0 203 54 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.6 1.13 13 400 7236 -27.6 -33.4 58 5.8 -28.5 206 56 319.1 319.2 289.1 321.2 0.57 14 350 8181 -34.6 -42.5 45 7.8 -35.4 207 69 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.0 0.26 15 300 9244 -41.1 -45.9 59 4.9 -41.4 204 69 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.21 16 250 10459 -49.5 -53.5 62 4.1 -49.6 198 65 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 17 200 11899 -54.1 -70.2 12 16.1 -54.4 225 57 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13737 -53.1 -80.4 2 27.3 -53.5 242 67 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16322 -58.4 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.7 259 43 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.01 m Freezing level: 661.07 mb = 3419.93 m = 11220.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3051.97 m = 10012.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.70 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.13 mb = 565.78 m = 1856.20 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 8.09 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1552.00 m = 5091.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.89 C = 74.99 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 31.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.69 mb = 1145.90 m = 3759.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.69 mb = 3005.26 m = 9859.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.69 mb = 9114.27 m = 29902.10 ft B at Equ Level: 544.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.69 mb = 11718.39 m = 38445.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 47.0 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 5.36 Bulk Shear: 102.03 m/s