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,-94.92 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -54 1 950 383 SFC 949 395 16.3 15.1 93 1.2 15.5 144 13 293.8 295.9 290.7 326.5 11.45 3 900 842 14.1 13.6 97 0.4 13.8 163 30 296.0 298.0 291.0 327.7 10.97 4 850 1325 12.4 9.4 82 3.0 10.6 195 36 299.1 300.7 290.2 324.8 8.76 5 800 1830 8.8 5.6 80 3.3 7.0 209 38 300.6 301.9 289.3 321.7 7.12 6 750 2362 6.0 0.4 67 5.7 3.1 210 37 303.1 304.1 288.4 319.0 5.24 7 700 2925 3.4 -7.1 46 10.6 -1.2 205 36 306.3 306.8 287.5 316.2 3.19 8 650 3521 -0.9 -13.1 39 12.2 -5.4 202 36 308.0 308.4 287.0 314.8 2.15 9 600 4154 -6.4 -14.9 51 8.5 -9.3 204 39 308.8 309.1 287.2 315.2 2.01 10 550 4826 -12.3 -15.5 77 3.2 -13.3 205 51 309.5 309.9 287.5 316.3 2.09 11 500 5547 -18.0 -22.5 68 4.5 -19.1 199 54 311.1 311.3 287.2 315.2 1.25 12 450 6325 -23.5 -36.8 29 13.3 -25.4 180 48 313.7 313.7 287.1 315.0 0.36 13 400 7176 -28.9 -51.2 10 22.3 -30.6 179 38 317.4 317.4 288.0 317.8 0.09 14 350 8120 -34.6 -58.9 7 24.3 -35.8 183 51 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.2 0.04 15 300 9181 -41.4 -59.6 12 18.2 -42.1 179 48 327.0 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.04 16 250 10398 -48.4 -61.8 20 13.3 -48.8 182 41 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 11848 -52.6 -72.8 7 20.2 -52.9 220 37 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13701 -53.2 -80.5 2 27.4 -53.6 234 59 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16304 -57.0 -84.2 2 27.3 -57.4 250 41 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.74 m Freezing level: 660.38 mb = 3397.48 m = 11146.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.96 mb = 2763.78 m = 9067.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.94 % Est. max temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.35 mb = 542.16 m = 1778.73 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.83 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1384.24 m = 4541.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.69 C = 71.03 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.44 C Cross Totals Index: 27.45 C K Index: 29.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.08 mb = 1021.62 m = 3351.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.08 mb = 2295.61 m = 7531.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 746.08 mb = 2404.87 m = 7889.89 ft B at Equ Level: 21.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.08 mb = 11653.89 m = 38234.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.5 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 228.5 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.1 neg: -16.2 tot: 274.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 7.08 Bulk Shear: 99.43 m/s