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: 41.54,-93.51 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -32 SFC 966 264 16.9 16.1 95 0.8 16.4 143 14 292.9 295.0 290.9 327.0 11.99 2 950 405 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 144 25 293.6 295.8 291.0 327.6 11.92 3 900 865 14.0 13.9 99 0.2 14.0 161 37 296.0 298.0 291.2 328.1 11.15 4 850 1346 11.7 11.6 99 0.1 11.6 182 42 298.4 300.3 291.2 328.0 10.13 5 800 1852 9.1 8.7 98 0.3 8.9 195 45 300.8 302.5 290.9 327.1 8.88 6 750 2384 6.1 5.6 96 0.6 5.8 203 46 303.2 304.6 290.6 326.0 7.61 7 700 2946 2.9 2.2 95 0.7 2.5 208 47 305.7 306.9 290.3 325.2 6.43 8 650 3542 -0.7 -1.2 96 0.5 -1.0 210 48 308.1 309.2 290.2 324.8 5.38 9 600 4176 -4.4 -4.9 96 0.5 -4.7 210 49 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.9 4.43 10 550 4855 -8.5 -9.0 96 0.6 -8.7 207 49 314.1 314.7 290.4 325.3 3.52 11 500 5586 -13.3 -13.8 96 0.6 -13.5 203 49 316.9 317.4 290.4 325.5 2.63 12 450 6378 -19.0 -19.2 98 0.2 -19.0 197 48 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.86 13 400 7242 -26.1 -26.2 98 0.2 -26.1 190 45 321.1 321.4 290.3 325.0 1.12 14 350 8191 -34.9 -35.1 98 0.2 -35.0 193 43 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.6 0.55 15 300 9248 -42.0 -42.1 99 0.1 -42.0 200 57 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.32 16 250 10458 -51.4 -51.7 97 0.3 -51.4 187 53 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.13 17 200 11888 -55.0 -70.3 13 15.3 -55.2 220 49 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 13725 -53.8 -80.3 3 26.4 -54.2 239 63 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16306 -58.3 -84.2 2 25.9 -58.6 257 43 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.43 m Freezing level: 659.98 mb = 3423.44 m = 11231.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.89 mb = 3372.47 m = 11064.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.70 % Est. max temperature: 23.93 C = 75.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.26 mb = 358.31 m = 1175.53 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 3.38 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 827.87 m = 2716.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.73 C = 67.51 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 362.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.94 mb = 762.04 m = 2500.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.94 mb = 1687.39 m = 5536.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.94 mb = 9567.01 m = 31387.45 ft B at Equ Level: 360.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.94 mb = 11700.83 m = 38388.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.3 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 229.3 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 499.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 499.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 154.50 m/s