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: 41.45,-93.35 Latitude: 41.45 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -29 SFC 967 262 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 146 16 293.0 295.2 290.9 327.1 11.99 2 950 409 16.4 15.7 96 0.6 16.0 148 27 293.8 295.9 291.1 327.8 11.90 3 900 868 14.1 13.9 99 0.2 14.0 163 38 296.1 298.1 291.2 328.2 11.15 4 850 1350 11.9 11.6 98 0.3 11.7 183 42 298.6 300.4 291.2 328.1 10.12 5 800 1856 9.3 8.8 97 0.5 9.0 197 46 301.1 302.7 291.0 327.5 8.93 6 750 2389 6.2 5.5 95 0.7 5.8 203 47 303.3 304.7 290.6 326.0 7.56 7 700 2951 2.6 2.0 95 0.7 2.3 206 47 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.6 6.31 8 650 3547 -1.0 -1.4 97 0.4 -1.2 207 48 307.8 308.8 290.0 324.2 5.31 9 600 4180 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 206 50 310.9 311.8 290.2 324.8 4.43 10 550 4860 -8.4 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.6 208 52 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.5 3.55 11 500 5592 -13.4 -13.8 96 0.5 -13.5 207 54 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.4 2.63 12 450 6384 -19.2 -19.4 98 0.2 -19.3 203 51 319.1 319.4 290.3 325.2 1.82 13 400 7247 -26.2 -26.6 97 0.4 -26.3 199 48 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.7 1.09 14 350 8196 -34.7 -35.2 96 0.5 -34.8 202 47 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.55 15 300 9254 -41.9 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.9 205 57 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.32 16 250 10465 -51.1 -51.3 98 0.2 -51.1 193 54 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 11894 -55.1 -69.9 14 14.7 -55.4 221 53 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13728 -54.1 -80.2 3 26.1 -54.5 239 64 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16308 -58.3 -84.2 2 25.8 -58.7 257 43 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.67 m Freezing level: 663.61 mb = 3384.42 m = 11103.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.22 mb = 3336.41 m = 10946.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.17 C = 75.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.38 mb = 378.58 m = 1242.04 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 3.97 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 857.22 m = 2812.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.98 C = 67.97 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.77 mb = 776.56 m = 2547.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.77 mb = 2014.70 m = 6609.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.77 mb = 9600.34 m = 31496.80 ft B at Equ Level: 386.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.77 mb = 11743.41 m = 38527.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.8 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 229.8 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 477.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 477.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 155.03 m/s