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,-93.38 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -93.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -30 SFC 967 258 17.0 16.1 95 0.9 16.4 145 15 293.0 295.1 290.9 327.1 12.00 2 950 408 16.3 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 146 26 293.7 295.8 291.0 327.7 11.93 3 900 867 14.1 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 161 38 296.0 298.0 291.2 328.2 11.18 4 850 1349 11.8 11.7 99 0.1 11.7 182 42 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.2 10.18 5 800 1855 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 195 45 301.0 302.7 291.0 327.7 9.03 6 750 2387 6.2 5.7 97 0.5 5.9 202 47 303.3 304.7 290.6 326.3 7.68 7 700 2949 2.7 2.2 97 0.5 2.4 206 47 305.5 306.7 290.3 325.0 6.43 8 650 3545 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.1 207 48 307.9 309.0 290.1 324.5 5.38 9 600 4179 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 207 50 311.0 311.9 290.3 325.0 4.46 10 550 4858 -8.3 -8.8 96 0.5 -8.5 208 52 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.7 3.58 11 500 5590 -13.2 -13.7 96 0.5 -13.4 206 53 316.9 317.4 290.5 325.7 2.66 12 450 6383 -19.0 -19.2 98 0.2 -19.1 201 50 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.85 13 400 7247 -26.0 -26.2 98 0.2 -26.1 196 47 321.1 321.4 290.3 325.0 1.12 14 350 8195 -34.8 -34.9 99 0.1 -34.8 199 45 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.56 15 300 9253 -42.0 -42.0 100 -0.0 -42.0 204 56 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.32 16 250 10464 -51.2 -51.4 98 0.2 -51.2 191 53 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 17 200 11892 -55.2 -69.9 14 14.7 -55.4 221 52 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13727 -54.1 -80.2 3 26.1 -54.5 239 64 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16307 -58.3 -84.2 2 25.9 -58.7 257 43 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.07 m Freezing level: 662.59 mb = 3395.13 m = 11138.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.55 mb = 3355.05 m = 11007.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.29 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.71 mb = 365.73 m = 1199.90 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.71 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 815.71 m = 2676.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.75 C = 67.54 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 373.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.67 mb = 757.68 m = 2485.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.67 mb = 1993.29 m = 6539.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.67 mb = 9554.79 m = 31347.36 ft B at Equ Level: 373.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.67 mb = 11682.24 m = 38327.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.2 at 46.5 knts Storm direction: 229.2 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 490.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 490.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 159.68 m/s