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,-94.95 Latitude: 41.52 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 1 950 382 SFC 949 390 16.7 15.3 92 1.3 15.8 148 12 294.2 296.3 291.0 327.4 11.61 3 900 842 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 170 29 296.3 298.3 291.3 328.4 11.10 4 850 1325 13.0 8.4 74 4.6 10.3 204 37 299.8 301.3 289.9 323.9 8.18 5 800 1832 9.3 4.3 71 4.9 6.6 217 40 301.0 302.2 288.9 320.5 6.54 6 750 2364 6.2 -1.5 58 7.7 2.4 216 38 303.3 304.2 287.8 317.3 4.58 7 700 2926 3.3 -8.9 40 12.2 -1.8 208 35 306.2 306.7 287.1 314.9 2.79 8 650 3522 -1.1 -14.4 36 13.3 -5.9 203 35 307.7 308.1 286.7 313.9 1.92 9 600 4154 -6.8 -15.3 51 8.5 -9.6 205 39 308.3 308.7 286.9 314.5 1.94 10 550 4825 -12.8 -14.2 89 1.4 -13.2 205 50 308.9 309.4 287.5 316.3 2.32 11 500 5544 -18.5 -21.8 75 3.4 -19.3 203 59 310.5 310.8 287.1 314.9 1.33 12 450 6322 -23.6 -40.5 20 16.9 -25.7 184 49 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.5 0.25 13 400 7172 -29.3 -56.5 5 27.2 -31.1 182 41 316.9 316.9 287.8 317.1 0.05 14 350 8114 -34.8 -60.5 6 25.7 -36.1 185 53 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.03 15 300 9175 -41.3 -62.2 9 20.9 -42.1 183 53 327.2 327.2 290.9 327.3 0.03 16 250 10395 -47.5 -65.3 11 17.8 -47.9 190 41 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02 17 200 11852 -52.1 -72.7 7 20.6 -52.5 224 37 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13704 -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 27.1 -57.5 248 43 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.07 m Freezing level: 662.54 mb = 3372.96 m = 11065.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.29 mb = 2682.01 m = 8799.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.46 % Est. max temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.52 mb = 557.94 m = 1830.49 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1501.56 m = 4926.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.71 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 26.88 C K Index: 27.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 810.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.14 mb = 1078.57 m = 3538.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.14 mb = 3040.45 m = 9975.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.14 mb = 8946.31 m = 29351.04 ft B at Equ Level: 807.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.14 mb = 11847.44 m = 38869.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.5 neg: -28.0 tot: 262.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 8.08 Bulk Shear: 100.35 m/s