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,-95.40 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -62 1 950 375 SFC 949 383 16.4 15.2 92 1.2 15.6 146 12 293.9 296.0 290.8 326.8 11.49 3 900 836 15.3 12.3 82 3.0 13.4 182 30 297.3 299.1 290.7 326.5 10.04 4 850 1319 12.5 8.2 75 4.3 9.9 203 36 299.2 300.7 289.6 322.8 8.04 5 800 1824 8.8 4.6 75 4.1 6.5 210 37 300.5 301.7 288.8 320.3 6.67 6 750 2356 6.0 -1.8 57 7.8 2.2 211 37 303.1 303.9 287.6 316.7 4.47 7 700 2918 2.8 -9.2 41 12.1 -2.1 208 33 305.6 306.1 286.8 314.1 2.71 8 650 3513 -1.8 -12.9 42 11.1 -5.9 201 34 307.0 307.4 286.7 313.9 2.19 9 600 4143 -7.4 -13.4 62 6.0 -9.5 197 36 307.5 307.9 287.0 314.7 2.26 10 550 4813 -12.7 -14.4 87 1.7 -13.2 198 46 309.0 309.5 287.5 316.3 2.28 11 500 5533 -18.5 -20.7 82 2.2 -19.1 201 51 310.5 310.8 287.2 315.3 1.47 12 450 6308 -24.7 -32.5 48 7.9 -25.9 185 44 312.2 312.3 286.8 314.2 0.55 13 400 7156 -30.1 -46.6 19 16.4 -31.5 174 35 315.8 315.9 287.5 316.4 0.15 14 350 8095 -35.2 -52.5 15 17.3 -36.2 177 40 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.6 0.08 15 300 9156 -41.3 -55.4 20 14.1 -42.0 178 42 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.07 16 250 10377 -46.9 -65.5 10 18.6 -47.4 196 38 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 17 200 11841 -51.2 -73.6 5 22.4 -51.6 226 33 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13699 -52.6 -80.8 2 28.2 -53.1 233 55 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16304 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 252 41 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.98 m Freezing level: 669.28 mb = 3283.26 m = 10771.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.77 mb = 2634.62 m = 8643.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.41 % Est. max temperature: 22.92 C = 73.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.93 mb = 538.61 m = 1767.07 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1552.07 m = 5092.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.20 C = 71.96 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.95 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 27.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 757.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.54 mb = 1214.68 m = 3985.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.54 mb = 3085.34 m = 10122.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.54 mb = 8593.59 m = 28193.87 ft B at Equ Level: 756.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.54 mb = 11349.64 m = 37235.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.1 neg: -18.6 tot: 208.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 13.03 Bulk Shear: 58.12 m/s