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: 42.01,-95.79 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -64 SFC 951 363 15.1 14.5 96 0.6 14.8 122 12 292.5 294.4 289.9 323.7 10.99 2 950 372 15.3 14.6 96 0.7 14.8 123 13 292.7 294.7 290.0 324.2 11.06 3 900 830 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.2 150 28 295.1 297.1 290.5 325.6 10.60 4 850 1310 10.7 10.3 97 0.5 10.4 181 29 297.4 299.1 290.0 324.3 9.27 5 800 1814 8.3 6.6 89 1.7 7.3 197 28 300.0 301.4 289.6 322.6 7.67 6 750 2345 5.6 2.2 78 3.5 3.8 206 28 302.7 303.8 288.9 320.7 5.97 7 700 2907 2.5 -5.1 57 7.6 -1.0 205 27 305.2 305.9 287.7 316.8 3.74 8 650 3501 -1.6 -11.6 46 10.0 -5.4 198 28 307.1 307.6 287.0 314.8 2.42 9 600 4132 -7.0 -14.0 57 7.0 -9.4 189 29 308.1 308.5 287.1 315.0 2.16 10 550 4804 -12.6 -15.0 82 2.4 -13.3 190 37 309.2 309.6 287.5 316.1 2.17 11 500 5524 -18.1 -19.7 87 1.6 -18.6 193 43 310.9 311.2 287.5 316.2 1.60 12 450 6301 -24.3 -27.4 76 3.1 -24.9 175 36 312.7 312.9 287.3 315.7 0.90 13 400 7149 -29.4 -38.6 41 9.2 -30.4 152 32 316.8 316.9 288.1 318.0 0.34 14 350 8092 -34.6 -47.4 26 12.7 -35.6 144 27 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.6 0.15 15 300 9154 -41.7 -48.6 47 7.0 -42.1 135 32 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.15 16 250 10366 -49.3 -61.3 23 12.0 -49.7 160 36 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 17 200 11819 -51.4 -74.3 5 23.0 -51.8 217 30 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13681 -51.9 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.4 238 49 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16290 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 261 42 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.50 m Freezing level: 669.86 mb = 3265.19 m = 10712.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.29 mb = 2787.96 m = 9146.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.95 % Est. max temperature: 22.49 C = 72.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.32 mb = 441.09 m = 1447.13 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.85 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 951.12 m = 3120.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.34 C = 65.02 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 28.39 C K Index: 31.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 604.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.39 mb = 873.13 m = 2864.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.39 mb = 3017.64 m = 9900.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.39 mb = 8489.40 m = 27852.02 ft B at Equ Level: 601.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.39 mb = 11186.85 m = 36701.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.0 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 219.0 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.3 neg: -2.9 tot: 226.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 8.62 Bulk Shear: 70.11 m/s