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: 41.5,-92.88 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -18 SFC 969 254 17.1 15.8 92 1.3 16.3 147 19 292.9 295.0 290.6 326.2 11.73 2 950 420 16.2 15.4 95 0.8 15.7 148 32 293.6 295.7 290.8 326.8 11.64 3 900 879 13.7 13.7 100 0.0 13.7 157 42 295.6 297.6 290.9 327.3 11.00 4 850 1360 11.7 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 176 46 298.5 300.3 291.1 327.8 10.05 5 800 1866 9.4 8.9 97 0.5 9.1 193 46 301.2 302.8 291.1 327.8 9.00 6 750 2399 5.9 5.2 95 0.7 5.5 197 45 303.0 304.3 290.3 325.2 7.42 7 700 2960 2.0 0.9 92 1.1 1.4 192 43 304.7 305.8 289.5 322.4 5.84 8 650 3555 -1.7 -2.6 94 0.9 -2.1 189 44 307.0 307.9 289.3 322.0 4.86 9 600 4188 -5.1 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.3 191 50 310.3 311.1 289.8 323.5 4.21 10 550 4868 -8.6 -9.2 96 0.6 -8.9 203 56 313.8 314.5 290.3 325.0 3.47 11 500 5601 -13.7 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.8 212 61 316.3 316.8 290.2 324.8 2.57 12 450 6394 -19.5 -19.9 96 0.4 -19.6 214 57 318.7 319.0 290.2 324.6 1.75 13 400 7258 -26.0 -26.7 94 0.7 -26.1 215 57 321.2 321.5 290.3 325.0 1.08 14 350 8209 -33.7 -34.2 96 0.5 -33.7 217 58 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.5 0.61 15 300 9270 -41.8 -41.8 100 -0.0 -41.8 219 58 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.32 16 250 10481 -51.1 -51.2 99 0.1 -51.1 209 57 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 11902 -56.2 -67.9 22 11.7 -56.3 221 62 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 13730 -54.6 -80.1 3 25.5 -54.9 240 68 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16308 -58.3 -84.2 2 25.9 -58.7 258 42 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.20 m Freezing level: 673.26 mb = 3278.36 m = 10755.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.05 mb = 3192.34 m = 10473.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.77 % Est. max temperature: 24.27 C = 75.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.72 mb = 413.37 m = 1356.18 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 5.82 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 812.52 m = 2665.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.52 C = 67.14 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 289.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.90 mb = 767.15 m = 2516.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.90 mb = 2214.70 m = 7265.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.90 mb = 9113.91 m = 29900.93 ft B at Equ Level: 288.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.90 mb = 11385.67 m = 37354.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 448.5 neg: -23.2 tot: 425.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 144.62 m/s