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: 41.41,-93.33 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -93.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -28 SFC 966 265 17.1 16.1 94 1.0 16.4 147 16 293.1 295.2 290.9 327.2 11.97 2 950 410 16.4 15.7 95 0.7 16.0 149 27 293.9 296.0 291.1 327.8 11.88 3 900 869 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 164 39 296.1 298.1 291.2 328.2 11.12 4 850 1351 11.9 11.5 97 0.4 11.7 185 43 298.6 300.5 291.2 328.1 10.08 5 800 1857 9.3 8.7 96 0.6 9.0 198 46 301.1 302.7 291.0 327.3 8.87 6 750 2390 6.2 5.3 94 0.9 5.7 204 47 303.3 304.7 290.5 325.7 7.47 7 700 2952 2.6 1.8 94 0.8 2.2 207 47 305.4 306.6 290.1 324.4 6.24 8 650 3548 -1.0 -1.5 96 0.5 -1.3 207 47 307.8 308.8 290.0 324.0 5.27 9 600 4181 -4.5 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.7 206 50 310.9 311.7 290.2 324.7 4.41 10 550 4861 -8.4 -9.0 96 0.5 -8.7 208 53 314.1 314.7 290.4 325.4 3.53 11 500 5593 -13.5 -13.9 96 0.5 -13.6 208 54 316.6 317.1 290.3 325.2 2.61 12 450 6385 -19.3 -19.6 98 0.2 -19.4 203 52 318.9 319.3 290.3 325.0 1.80 13 400 7248 -26.3 -26.8 96 0.5 -26.4 200 49 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.5 1.07 14 350 8196 -34.7 -35.4 94 0.7 -34.8 204 49 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.54 15 300 9255 -41.8 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.8 206 58 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.32 16 250 10466 -51.1 -51.3 97 0.2 -51.1 195 55 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 11896 -55.1 -69.8 14 14.7 -55.4 222 54 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 13729 -54.1 -80.2 3 26.1 -54.5 240 65 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16309 -58.4 -84.2 2 25.8 -58.7 257 43 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.18 m Freezing level: 664.12 mb = 3379.45 m = 11087.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.36 mb = 3323.80 m = 10904.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.46 mb = 387.50 m = 1271.30 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 4.15 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 883.70 m = 2899.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.13 C = 68.24 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 400.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.41 mb = 790.04 m = 2591.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.41 mb = 2136.10 m = 7008.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.41 mb = 9402.73 m = 30848.47 ft B at Equ Level: 400.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.41 mb = 11787.52 m = 38672.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 46.7 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 469.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 469.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 151.94 m/s