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: 41.67,-93.9 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -36 SFC 961 301 16.8 15.6 93 1.2 16.0 140 16 293.2 295.3 290.7 326.4 11.65 2 950 402 16.5 15.3 92 1.3 15.7 143 25 293.9 296.0 290.9 326.9 11.55 3 900 861 14.2 13.5 96 0.7 13.8 161 36 296.1 298.1 291.0 327.5 10.89 4 850 1343 11.8 11.0 95 0.8 11.3 183 40 298.5 300.3 290.9 327.0 9.75 5 800 1849 9.0 7.4 90 1.6 8.0 195 42 300.7 302.2 290.2 324.7 8.11 6 750 2381 5.8 3.3 84 2.6 4.4 199 43 302.9 304.1 289.5 322.3 6.46 7 700 2944 3.4 -2.2 67 5.6 0.7 206 44 306.3 307.1 288.9 320.5 4.64 8 650 3540 -1.0 -6.4 67 5.4 -3.4 212 47 307.8 308.5 288.5 319.2 3.64 9 600 4173 -5.7 -9.6 74 3.9 -7.2 209 51 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.3 3.07 10 550 4849 -10.5 -13.4 79 2.9 -11.5 203 52 311.6 312.1 288.6 319.6 2.48 11 500 5575 -15.7 -19.2 74 3.5 -16.7 198 51 313.9 314.2 288.6 319.4 1.67 12 450 6361 -21.4 -25.6 69 4.2 -22.3 191 48 316.4 316.6 288.7 320.0 1.06 13 400 7218 -27.8 -36.0 45 8.2 -28.9 189 48 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.5 0.44 14 350 8164 -34.2 -41.6 47 7.4 -34.9 191 56 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.28 15 300 9228 -41.0 -45.6 61 4.6 -41.3 183 57 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.22 16 250 10439 -50.9 -53.8 71 2.9 -51.0 181 59 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 17 200 11874 -54.2 -71.1 11 16.9 -54.4 218 46 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13717 -53.5 -80.4 2 26.9 -53.9 239 61 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16303 -58.1 -84.3 2 26.2 -58.5 257 43 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.01 m Freezing level: 661.23 mb = 3406.40 m = 11175.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.78 mb = 3038.81 m = 9969.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.37 % Est. max temperature: 23.68 C = 74.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.41 mb = 452.05 m = 1483.09 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.32 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1038.83 m = 3408.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.51 C = 68.92 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 26.71 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 521.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.48 mb = 875.70 m = 2872.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.48 mb = 1916.54 m = 6287.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.48 mb = 2903.36 m = 9525.34 ft B at Equ Level: 23.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.48 mb = 11763.21 m = 38592.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.4 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 227.4 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 435.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 435.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 143.52 m/s