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,-94.95 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -94.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -56 1 950 381 SFC 949 390 16.7 15.4 92 1.4 15.8 149 12 294.2 296.3 291.0 327.5 11.63 3 900 842 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.1 171 28 296.4 298.4 291.3 328.5 11.12 4 850 1325 13.1 8.3 73 4.8 10.3 205 38 299.9 301.3 289.9 323.8 8.10 5 800 1832 9.3 4.2 70 5.2 6.5 217 40 301.1 302.3 288.9 320.4 6.46 6 750 2364 6.2 -1.7 57 8.0 2.4 216 38 303.4 304.2 287.8 317.0 4.50 7 700 2927 3.3 -9.1 39 12.5 -1.9 208 35 306.2 306.7 287.0 314.8 2.73 8 650 3523 -1.1 -14.6 35 13.5 -6.0 204 35 307.7 308.0 286.6 313.8 1.89 9 600 4154 -6.8 -15.3 51 8.5 -9.6 205 38 308.2 308.6 286.9 314.5 1.93 10 550 4825 -12.8 -14.0 91 1.2 -13.2 205 50 308.8 309.3 287.5 316.4 2.35 11 500 5544 -18.5 -21.8 75 3.3 -19.3 204 60 310.5 310.7 287.1 314.9 1.34 12 450 6322 -23.6 -41.0 19 17.4 -25.7 184 49 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.4 0.23 13 400 7172 -29.3 -57.5 5 28.1 -31.1 183 42 316.9 316.9 287.8 317.0 0.04 14 350 8114 -34.8 -60.7 5 25.9 -36.1 185 54 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.03 15 300 9175 -41.3 -62.6 8 21.3 -42.0 183 53 327.2 327.2 290.9 327.3 0.03 16 250 10395 -47.3 -65.9 10 18.6 -47.8 191 42 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 17 200 11853 -52.0 -72.7 7 20.6 -52.4 225 37 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13705 -53.3 -80.5 2 27.2 -53.7 232 61 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16307 -57.1 -84.2 2 27.0 -57.5 247 43 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.06 m Freezing level: 662.75 mb = 3370.70 m = 11058.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.99 mb = 2674.44 m = 8774.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.24 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.25 mb = 560.42 m = 1838.61 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.74 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1517.41 m = 4978.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.75 C = 72.94 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.80 C K Index: 27.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 823.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.38 mb = 1085.99 m = 3562.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.38 mb = 3049.62 m = 10005.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.38 mb = 8962.72 m = 29404.90 ft B at Equ Level: 820.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.38 mb = 11872.67 m = 38951.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.9 neg: -29.4 tot: 261.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 8.18 Bulk Shear: 100.63 m/s