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: 40.97,-93.92 Latitude: 40.97 Longitude: -93.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -40 SFC 956 340 17.8 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 170 15 294.7 296.7 291.0 327.4 11.41 2 950 398 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 16.0 173 22 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.0 11.16 3 900 862 16.6 12.6 77 4.0 14.0 194 36 298.6 300.4 291.2 328.4 10.20 4 850 1347 13.5 9.1 74 4.4 10.9 212 40 300.3 301.9 290.5 325.6 8.57 5 800 1855 10.4 3.1 60 7.3 6.4 222 42 302.2 303.3 288.8 320.1 5.97 6 750 2389 8.3 -4.6 40 12.9 2.2 220 41 305.6 306.3 287.7 316.8 3.63 7 700 2955 3.9 -7.4 43 11.3 -1.0 223 43 306.8 307.4 287.6 316.6 3.13 8 650 3552 -0.9 -8.6 56 7.7 -4.1 221 54 307.9 308.5 287.9 317.6 3.06 9 600 4185 -5.8 -11.1 66 5.3 -7.8 216 59 309.4 309.9 288.1 318.1 2.74 10 550 4860 -10.7 -15.2 70 4.5 -12.2 206 58 311.3 311.8 288.2 318.3 2.13 11 500 5585 -16.5 -22.1 62 5.5 -18.0 202 57 312.9 313.1 287.8 317.2 1.31 12 450 6367 -22.6 -33.1 38 10.5 -24.3 197 56 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.7 0.52 13 400 7221 -28.1 -45.0 18 16.9 -29.8 206 56 318.4 318.5 288.4 319.1 0.17 14 350 8166 -34.6 -51.4 16 16.8 -35.7 202 70 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.5 0.10 15 300 9229 -40.8 -54.8 21 13.9 -41.5 201 68 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.08 16 250 10447 -48.7 -60.1 26 11.4 -49.1 194 64 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 17 200 11891 -53.6 -71.4 10 17.8 -53.8 225 54 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13732 -53.0 -80.4 2 27.4 -53.5 240 66 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16322 -58.5 -84.3 2 25.9 -58.8 261 41 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.00 m Freezing level: 659.60 mb = 3436.99 m = 11276.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.77 mb = 2772.28 m = 9095.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.79 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.98 mb = 673.50 m = 2209.63 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1769.11 m = 5804.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.92 C = 76.85 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.64 C K Index: 27.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 663.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.87 mb = 1307.98 m = 4291.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.87 mb = 3201.62 m = 10503.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.87 mb = 9027.93 m = 29618.83 ft B at Equ Level: 660.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.87 mb = 11927.01 m = 39130.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.3 neg: -4.3 tot: 298.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 7.14 Bulk Shear: 92.97 m/s