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: 41.89,-93.88 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -93.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -33 SFC 961 308 16.2 15.3 94 1.0 15.6 133 18 292.7 294.8 290.3 325.2 11.42 2 950 404 15.8 15.0 95 0.8 15.3 134 27 293.3 295.3 290.5 325.7 11.37 3 900 862 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 149 39 295.6 297.5 290.7 326.7 10.79 4 850 1343 11.4 10.9 97 0.5 11.1 173 41 298.1 299.8 290.6 326.3 9.68 5 800 1849 8.6 7.3 92 1.3 7.8 189 42 300.3 301.7 290.0 324.0 8.04 6 750 2380 5.2 4.0 92 1.2 4.5 193 42 302.2 303.5 289.6 322.6 6.82 7 700 2941 2.2 0.2 86 2.0 1.2 198 42 304.9 306.0 289.3 321.8 5.54 8 650 3536 -1.7 -4.5 81 2.8 -3.0 204 45 307.1 307.9 288.8 320.2 4.23 9 600 4168 -6.3 -8.8 82 2.6 -7.3 206 49 308.9 309.5 288.5 319.2 3.27 10 550 4843 -11.0 -12.9 86 1.9 -11.6 204 50 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.3 2.57 11 500 5568 -15.7 -18.1 82 2.4 -16.4 199 49 313.9 314.3 288.7 320.0 1.84 12 450 6355 -20.7 -23.5 78 2.8 -21.4 193 46 317.2 317.4 289.2 321.5 1.28 13 400 7215 -27.1 -31.2 68 4.1 -27.8 188 46 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.70 14 350 8164 -33.7 -36.5 76 2.7 -34.1 184 50 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.0 0.48 15 300 9228 -41.3 -43.2 82 1.9 -41.5 180 55 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.28 16 250 10437 -51.7 -53.0 86 1.3 -51.8 179 60 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 17 200 11868 -54.4 -70.9 11 16.5 -54.6 216 46 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13711 -53.6 -80.4 2 26.8 -54.1 238 61 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16299 -58.0 -84.4 2 26.4 -58.3 254 43 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.59 m Freezing level: 671.59 mb = 3279.32 m = 10758.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.68 mb = 3107.19 m = 10194.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.29 % Est. max temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.00 mb = 430.64 m = 1412.84 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 7.48 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 939.39 m = 3081.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.47 C = 67.04 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 26.60 C K Index: 35.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 418.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.95 mb = 834.59 m = 2738.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.95 mb = 1766.18 m = 5794.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.95 mb = 8613.16 m = 28258.06 ft B at Equ Level: 415.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.95 mb = 11618.06 m = 38116.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.8 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 222.8 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 473.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.59 Bulk Shear: 161.21 m/s