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: 41.52,-93.37 Latitude: 41.52 Longitude: -93.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 259 17.0 16.1 95 0.9 16.4 144 15 292.9 295.1 290.9 327.0 11.97 2 950 408 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 146 26 293.7 295.8 291.0 327.6 11.89 3 900 867 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 160 38 295.9 298.0 291.2 328.1 11.16 4 850 1349 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 181 42 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.1 10.15 5 800 1855 9.2 8.9 98 0.3 9.0 195 45 300.9 302.6 291.0 327.4 8.96 6 750 2387 6.1 5.6 96 0.5 5.8 202 46 303.2 304.6 290.6 326.0 7.60 7 700 2949 2.6 2.1 96 0.5 2.3 205 47 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.7 6.37 8 650 3545 -1.0 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.2 206 47 307.9 308.9 290.0 324.3 5.34 9 600 4178 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 205 49 310.9 311.8 290.2 324.9 4.43 10 550 4858 -8.4 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.6 207 51 314.2 314.8 290.5 325.6 3.56 11 500 5590 -13.3 -13.7 96 0.5 -13.4 206 52 316.9 317.4 290.5 325.6 2.65 12 450 6382 -19.1 -19.3 98 0.2 -19.1 202 50 319.3 319.6 290.4 325.5 1.85 13 400 7246 -26.0 -26.2 98 0.2 -26.1 197 47 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.1 1.12 14 350 8195 -34.7 -34.8 99 0.1 -34.7 199 45 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.0 0.57 15 300 9254 -42.0 -42.0 100 -0.0 -42.0 204 56 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.32 16 250 10464 -51.3 -51.5 98 0.2 -51.3 192 53 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.13 17 200 11892 -55.2 -69.8 15 14.6 -55.5 221 52 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13726 -54.0 -80.2 3 26.2 -54.4 239 64 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16306 -58.3 -84.2 2 25.9 -58.6 257 43 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.40 m Freezing level: 663.59 mb = 3382.97 m = 11098.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3341.39 m = 10962.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.10 % Est. max temperature: 24.06 C = 75.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.33 mb = 369.35 m = 1211.77 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 3.79 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 819.59 m = 2688.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.72 C = 67.49 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 36.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 361.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.44 mb = 760.08 m = 2493.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.44 mb = 1995.78 m = 6547.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.44 mb = 9560.56 m = 31366.28 ft B at Equ Level: 359.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.44 mb = 11689.09 m = 38349.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.3 at 46.1 knts Storm direction: 228.3 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 482.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 482.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 155.28 m/s