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: 41.56,-95.42 Latitude: 41.56 Longitude: -95.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16.3 15.1 93 1.2 15.5 146 12 293.9 295.9 290.7 326.6 11.47 3 900 835 15.3 12.3 82 3.0 13.4 182 30 297.3 299.1 290.7 326.4 10.02 4 850 1318 12.4 8.3 76 4.1 10.0 202 35 299.1 300.6 289.6 322.9 8.11 5 800 1824 8.7 4.7 76 4.0 6.5 209 37 300.4 301.7 288.9 320.4 6.72 6 750 2355 6.0 -1.6 58 7.6 2.2 210 37 303.1 303.9 287.7 316.9 4.53 7 700 2917 2.8 -9.0 41 11.8 -2.1 208 33 305.6 306.1 286.8 314.3 2.76 8 650 3512 -1.8 -12.7 43 11.0 -5.8 201 34 307.0 307.4 286.7 314.0 2.21 9 600 4142 -7.4 -13.4 62 5.9 -9.5 197 35 307.5 308.0 287.0 314.8 2.27 10 550 4813 -12.7 -14.5 86 1.8 -13.2 198 46 309.1 309.5 287.5 316.3 2.27 11 500 5532 -18.5 -20.7 82 2.3 -19.0 201 50 310.5 310.8 287.2 315.4 1.47 12 450 6308 -24.7 -32.2 50 7.5 -25.8 184 44 312.2 312.3 286.8 314.2 0.57 13 400 7155 -30.1 -46.0 20 15.9 -31.5 173 34 315.9 315.9 287.6 316.4 0.15 14 350 8095 -35.2 -52.2 16 17.0 -36.2 176 39 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.09 15 300 9155 -41.4 -54.9 22 13.6 -42.0 176 41 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.07 16 250 10376 -47.0 -65.0 11 18.0 -47.5 195 38 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.02 17 200 11840 -51.2 -73.6 5 22.4 -51.6 226 33 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13699 -52.5 -80.8 2 28.2 -53.0 233 55 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16303 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 253 41 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.70 m Freezing level: 669.35 mb = 3281.78 m = 10766.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.10 mb = 2641.60 m = 8666.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.72 % Est. max temperature: 22.87 C = 73.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.29 mb = 535.07 m = 1755.44 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.64 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1537.79 m = 5045.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.08 C = 71.75 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 26.76 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.27 mb = 1207.11 m = 3960.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.27 mb = 3076.18 m = 10092.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 326.27 mb = 8577.92 m = 28142.44 ft B at Equ Level: 748.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.27 mb = 11326.63 m = 37160.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.9 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 228.9 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.7 neg: -17.4 tot: 207.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 13.12 Bulk Shear: 57.05 m/s