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: 41.48,-94.85 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -54 1 950 383 SFC 949 388 16.8 15.2 90 1.6 15.8 151 12 294.3 296.4 290.9 327.3 11.52 3 900 844 14.6 13.6 94 1.0 14.0 173 29 296.6 298.5 291.2 328.3 10.97 4 850 1327 13.1 8.4 73 4.7 10.3 205 38 299.9 301.3 290.0 324.0 8.18 5 800 1834 9.3 4.4 71 5.0 6.6 217 40 301.1 302.3 288.9 320.6 6.54 6 750 2366 6.3 -1.5 57 7.9 2.4 216 38 303.4 304.3 287.9 317.3 4.55 7 700 2929 3.6 -9.3 38 12.8 -1.8 208 36 306.4 306.9 287.1 314.9 2.70 8 650 3525 -1.1 -14.1 37 13.0 -5.8 205 36 307.7 308.1 286.8 314.1 1.98 9 600 4157 -6.8 -14.7 53 7.9 -9.5 208 41 308.3 308.7 287.1 314.9 2.04 10 550 4828 -12.7 -14.7 85 2.0 -13.3 206 53 309.1 309.5 287.5 316.2 2.23 11 500 5548 -18.3 -22.3 71 4.0 -19.3 202 59 310.7 310.9 287.1 314.9 1.28 12 450 6326 -23.6 -38.3 25 14.7 -25.6 184 50 313.5 313.6 286.9 314.7 0.31 13 400 7176 -29.2 -57.5 5 28.4 -31.0 185 43 317.1 317.1 287.8 317.2 0.04 14 350 8119 -34.7 -60.7 5 26.0 -36.0 187 56 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.03 15 300 9180 -41.3 -62.6 8 21.4 -42.0 185 54 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.3 0.03 16 250 10400 -47.6 -65.7 11 18.0 -48.1 191 44 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.3 0.02 17 200 11855 -52.2 -72.5 7 20.4 -52.5 225 38 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13707 -53.2 -80.5 2 27.3 -53.7 233 62 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16308 -57.3 -84.2 2 26.8 -57.8 249 42 416.9 416.9 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5602.25 m Freezing level: 661.65 mb = 3386.28 m = 11109.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.29 mb = 2684.40 m = 8806.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.45 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.09 mb = 590.93 m = 1938.73 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.18 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1533.02 m = 5029.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.79 C = 73.01 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 26.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 786.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.93 mb = 1111.49 m = 3646.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.93 mb = 3198.57 m = 10493.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.93 mb = 9022.35 m = 29600.51 ft B at Equ Level: 781.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.93 mb = 11632.86 m = 38165.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.0 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 233.0 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.5 neg: -24.9 tot: 256.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 7.79 Bulk Shear: 100.92 m/s