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: 41.50,-92.90 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -92.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 969 253 17.1 15.8 92 1.3 16.3 147 19 292.9 295.0 290.6 326.3 11.74 2 950 419 16.2 15.4 95 0.8 15.7 148 32 293.6 295.7 290.8 326.9 11.66 3 900 878 13.7 13.7 100 0.0 13.7 157 42 295.7 297.6 291.0 327.4 11.02 4 850 1359 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 177 45 298.5 300.3 291.1 327.8 10.05 5 800 1865 9.4 8.9 97 0.5 9.1 193 46 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.7 8.98 6 750 2398 5.9 5.2 95 0.7 5.5 197 45 303.0 304.3 290.3 325.1 7.40 7 700 2960 1.9 0.9 93 1.0 1.4 192 43 304.6 305.7 289.5 322.4 5.85 8 650 3554 -1.8 -2.5 94 0.8 -2.1 189 44 307.0 307.9 289.3 322.0 4.88 9 600 4188 -5.0 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.3 191 50 310.3 311.1 289.8 323.5 4.22 10 550 4868 -8.6 -9.1 96 0.6 -8.8 204 56 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.1 3.48 11 500 5601 -13.7 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.8 212 61 316.4 316.9 290.2 324.8 2.57 12 450 6393 -19.5 -20.0 96 0.4 -19.7 214 58 318.7 319.0 290.2 324.6 1.74 13 400 7257 -26.0 -26.7 94 0.7 -26.1 215 57 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.0 1.08 14 350 8209 -33.7 -34.2 95 0.5 -33.7 217 58 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.5 0.60 15 300 9270 -41.8 -41.8 100 -0.0 -41.8 218 57 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.32 16 250 10480 -51.1 -51.2 99 0.0 -51.1 208 57 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 11902 -56.1 -68.0 21 11.9 -56.3 221 61 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13730 -54.6 -80.1 3 25.5 -54.9 240 67 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 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: 5619.34 m Freezing level: 673.77 mb = 3271.49 m = 10733.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.05 mb = 3191.54 m = 10470.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.68 mb = 413.07 m = 1355.20 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 5.76 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 815.56 m = 2675.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.57 C = 67.22 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 300.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.81 mb = 767.32 m = 2517.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.81 mb = 2214.97 m = 7266.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.81 mb = 9115.34 m = 29905.61 ft B at Equ Level: 299.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.81 mb = 11387.81 m = 37361.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 48.2 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 447.4 neg: -23.6 tot: 423.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 145.08 m/s