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: 41.38,-93.06 Latitude: 41.38 Longitude: -93.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -23 SFC 967 261 17.2 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 150 18 293.1 295.2 290.9 327.0 11.89 2 950 415 16.4 15.6 95 0.8 15.9 151 30 293.8 296.0 291.0 327.6 11.81 3 900 874 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 161 41 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.1 11.16 4 850 1356 12.0 11.6 98 0.4 11.7 183 45 298.7 300.5 291.2 328.3 10.15 5 800 1862 9.4 8.8 96 0.6 9.0 197 47 301.1 302.8 291.0 327.4 8.90 6 750 2395 5.9 5.2 95 0.8 5.5 201 46 303.0 304.4 290.3 325.2 7.40 7 700 2957 2.0 1.5 96 0.5 1.7 198 44 304.7 305.9 289.8 323.2 6.10 8 650 3551 -1.5 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.6 196 45 307.3 308.3 289.7 323.2 5.15 9 600 4186 -4.6 -5.1 96 0.5 -4.8 197 51 310.7 311.6 290.1 324.4 4.35 10 550 4866 -8.3 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.6 207 56 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.6 3.55 11 500 5599 -13.6 -14.0 97 0.4 -13.7 211 60 316.5 317.0 290.3 325.0 2.59 12 450 6391 -19.6 -19.9 97 0.4 -19.7 211 56 318.6 319.0 290.1 324.5 1.75 13 400 7255 -26.2 -26.9 94 0.7 -26.3 212 54 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.6 1.06 14 350 8205 -34.0 -34.5 95 0.5 -34.1 215 57 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.0 0.58 15 300 9266 -41.7 -41.7 100 0.0 -41.7 215 59 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.33 16 250 10477 -51.0 -51.1 99 0.1 -51.1 204 57 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 11903 -55.6 -69.1 17 13.5 -55.8 223 59 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 13732 -54.7 -80.0 3 25.4 -55.1 240 66 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16310 -58.4 -84.2 2 25.8 -58.8 257 42 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.07 m Freezing level: 670.93 mb = 3302.39 m = 10834.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.05 mb = 3259.69 m = 10694.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.46 % Est. max temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.69 mb = 408.86 m = 1341.37 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 5.13 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 833.79 m = 2735.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.80 C = 67.63 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 384.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.29 mb = 777.65 m = 2551.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.29 mb = 2121.05 m = 6958.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.29 mb = 9370.88 m = 30744.00 ft B at Equ Level: 383.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.29 mb = 11735.87 m = 38503.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.2 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 227.2 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 457.9 neg: -16.2 tot: 441.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.62 Bulk Shear: 146.66 m/s