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: 41.18,-92.86 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -17 SFC 968 265 17.2 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 153 18 293.1 295.2 290.8 326.9 11.90 2 950 421 16.4 15.6 95 0.8 15.9 154 30 293.8 295.9 291.0 327.5 11.81 3 900 880 13.9 13.9 100 0.0 13.9 163 42 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.1 11.17 4 850 1362 12.1 11.9 99 0.2 12.0 186 47 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.0 10.36 5 800 1869 9.5 9.0 96 0.6 9.2 202 48 301.3 303.0 291.2 328.0 9.01 6 750 2402 6.2 5.4 95 0.8 5.7 205 47 303.3 304.7 290.5 325.8 7.51 7 700 2965 2.7 1.4 91 1.3 2.0 202 45 305.4 306.6 289.9 323.8 6.04 8 650 3561 -1.2 -1.9 95 0.7 -1.6 200 46 307.6 308.5 289.8 323.3 5.11 9 600 4195 -4.6 -5.2 95 0.6 -4.8 201 51 310.8 311.6 290.1 324.4 4.33 10 550 4876 -8.5 -9.2 95 0.7 -8.8 207 55 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.1 3.46 11 500 5608 -13.8 -14.3 96 0.5 -14.0 212 57 316.2 316.7 290.1 324.5 2.53 12 450 6399 -19.6 -19.9 98 0.3 -19.7 212 54 318.5 318.9 290.1 324.4 1.75 13 400 7262 -26.3 -26.7 96 0.4 -26.3 216 55 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.6 1.08 14 350 8212 -34.0 -34.1 98 0.2 -34.0 220 62 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.61 15 300 9274 -41.6 -41.6 100 -0.0 -41.6 220 64 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.33 16 250 10486 -50.7 -50.8 100 0.0 -50.7 210 59 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.14 17 200 11914 -55.6 -68.1 19 12.6 -55.8 225 61 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13740 -55.4 -79.7 3 24.3 -55.8 239 66 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16316 -58.6 -84.2 2 25.7 -58.9 258 41 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.68 m Freezing level: 665.70 mb = 3373.64 m = 11068.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.22 mb = 3290.48 m = 10795.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.08 mb = 411.36 m = 1349.60 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 5.68 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 814.08 m = 2670.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.65 C = 67.37 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.70 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 376.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.41 mb = 773.19 m = 2536.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.41 mb = 2223.30 m = 7294.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.41 mb = 9353.79 m = 30687.90 ft B at Equ Level: 374.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.41 mb = 11711.88 m = 38424.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.7 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 229.7 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 486.0 neg: -14.7 tot: 471.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.58 Bulk Shear: 146.25 m/s