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: 40.93,-92.96 Latitude: 40.93 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 965 283 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 158 17 293.3 295.5 291.0 327.7 12.08 2 950 419 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.1 158 29 294.0 296.1 291.2 328.3 12.00 3 900 879 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 168 42 296.1 298.2 291.4 328.9 11.36 4 850 1361 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 192 49 299.0 301.0 291.7 329.9 10.56 5 800 1868 9.7 8.8 94 0.9 9.2 207 50 301.5 303.1 291.1 327.9 8.91 6 750 2402 6.4 5.5 94 0.9 5.9 210 49 303.5 304.9 290.6 326.1 7.55 7 700 2965 3.0 2.1 94 0.9 2.5 209 48 305.8 306.9 290.3 325.1 6.37 8 650 3562 -0.7 -1.3 96 0.6 -1.0 207 49 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.7 5.36 9 600 4197 -4.2 -4.8 96 0.6 -4.5 208 52 311.3 312.1 290.3 325.3 4.46 10 550 4878 -8.5 -9.1 95 0.6 -8.7 211 53 314.0 314.7 290.3 325.2 3.50 11 500 5610 -13.9 -14.4 96 0.5 -14.1 211 54 316.1 316.5 290.0 324.3 2.51 12 450 6401 -19.8 -19.9 99 0.2 -19.8 210 53 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.3 1.75 13 400 7263 -26.5 -26.8 98 0.2 -26.6 216 56 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.2 1.07 14 350 8212 -34.1 -34.1 100 -0.0 -34.1 220 67 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.9 0.61 15 300 9273 -41.4 -41.3 100 -0.0 -41.3 219 69 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.4 0.34 16 250 10487 -50.5 -50.5 100 0.0 -50.5 209 62 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 11919 -54.8 -69.1 15 14.3 -55.1 228 61 345.9 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13747 -55.6 -79.7 3 24.0 -56.0 239 65 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16321 -58.7 -84.3 2 25.6 -59.0 258 41 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.82 m Freezing level: 659.57 mb = 3447.52 m = 11310.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.12 mb = 3388.73 m = 11117.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.86 mb = 411.22 m = 1349.14 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 5.19 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 817.85 m = 2683.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.72 C = 67.49 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 37.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 482.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.93 mb = 785.28 m = 2576.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.93 mb = 2131.51 m = 6993.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.93 mb = 9616.53 m = 31549.92 ft B at Equ Level: 478.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.93 mb = 12082.58 m = 39640.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 521.0 neg: -7.8 tot: 513.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 3.28 Bulk Shear: 147.26 m/s