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: 42.28,-95.71 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -63 1 950 373 SFC 948 389 14.5 13.9 97 0.5 14.1 102 12 292.0 293.9 289.4 322.1 10.59 3 900 829 12.7 12.6 100 0.1 12.6 125 27 294.6 296.4 290.0 324.0 10.24 4 850 1309 10.6 10.2 97 0.4 10.3 156 29 297.2 298.9 290.0 324.0 9.21 5 800 1812 8.0 7.0 94 1.0 7.4 173 28 299.7 301.1 289.6 322.9 7.89 6 750 2343 5.2 3.4 88 1.8 4.2 185 27 302.2 303.4 289.3 321.7 6.52 7 700 2903 1.8 -1.7 78 3.5 0.1 188 26 304.5 305.4 288.5 319.3 4.84 8 650 3497 -1.9 -6.7 70 4.8 -4.0 188 28 306.8 307.5 288.1 317.9 3.56 9 600 4128 -6.5 -10.3 74 3.8 -8.0 186 30 308.6 309.1 288.0 317.8 2.90 10 550 4801 -11.5 -13.3 86 1.8 -12.1 190 35 310.5 311.0 288.2 318.5 2.49 11 500 5523 -16.6 -17.8 91 1.2 -17.0 190 37 312.7 313.1 288.4 318.9 1.88 12 450 6305 -22.3 -24.0 86 1.7 -22.7 178 33 315.2 315.4 288.5 319.3 1.22 13 400 7159 -27.9 -31.3 72 3.5 -28.4 164 29 318.8 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.70 14 350 8105 -34.0 -38.1 66 4.1 -34.4 157 26 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.41 15 300 9167 -42.1 -44.7 76 2.6 -42.3 143 31 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.24 16 250 10372 -51.6 -55.7 61 4.1 -51.7 145 39 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.08 17 200 11816 -51.8 -73.8 6 21.9 -52.2 210 30 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13675 -52.1 -80.7 2 28.6 -52.7 238 48 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16282 -55.0 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 262 43 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.21 m Freezing level: 675.54 mb = 3193.51 m = 10477.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.33 mb = 2922.22 m = 9587.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.55 % Est. max temperature: 22.08 C = 71.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.67 mb = 456.26 m = 1496.90 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 6.24 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 972.52 m = 3190.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.76 C = 63.97 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 266.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.43 mb = 890.79 m = 2922.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.43 mb = 2921.05 m = 9583.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.43 mb = 7741.72 m = 25399.04 ft B at Equ Level: 264.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.43 mb = 10412.44 m = 34161.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.1 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 209.1 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 263.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 93.53 m/s