MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.43,-92.88 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -30 SFC 967 256 16.4 14.3 87 2.1 15.1 160 16 292.4 294.3 289.6 322.7 10.68 2 950 408 16.2 13.6 85 2.5 14.6 162 27 293.6 295.5 289.8 323.2 10.37 3 900 867 15.5 9.8 69 5.7 12.0 190 33 297.4 299.0 289.4 322.2 8.48 4 850 1351 12.9 5.9 62 7.0 8.9 211 31 299.7 300.9 288.8 320.0 6.87 5 800 1857 9.4 1.0 56 8.4 5.1 223 29 301.1 302.1 287.6 316.6 5.13 6 750 2389 6.0 -5.3 44 11.3 0.9 232 36 303.1 303.7 286.6 313.7 3.44 7 700 2949 1.6 -8.7 46 10.3 -2.7 232 40 304.2 304.8 286.4 313.0 2.82 8 650 3541 -3.0 -7.7 70 4.7 -5.0 221 51 305.6 306.2 287.3 315.8 3.29 9 600 4170 -7.2 -10.9 75 3.7 -8.6 219 64 307.7 308.3 287.6 316.5 2.77 10 550 4842 -12.4 -18.3 61 5.9 -14.1 216 61 309.4 309.7 287.0 314.8 1.65 11 500 5562 -17.5 -32.3 26 14.8 -20.2 207 54 311.7 311.8 286.5 313.4 0.51 12 450 6343 -22.3 -42.5 14 20.3 -24.7 200 58 315.3 315.3 287.4 316.0 0.20 13 400 7200 -27.4 -52.3 8 24.9 -29.5 196 72 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.6 0.08 14 350 8147 -34.2 -54.3 11 20.1 -35.4 194 76 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.8 0.07 15 300 9211 -40.0 -59.7 10 19.8 -40.8 185 67 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.04 16 250 10438 -47.9 -57.1 34 9.3 -48.2 174 76 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 11877 -54.5 -69.1 15 14.5 -54.8 198 64 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13720 -52.8 -80.6 2 27.9 -53.2 240 66 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16317 -56.8 -84.3 2 27.4 -57.3 254 47 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.70 m Freezing level: 682.78 mb = 3153.10 m = 10344.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.43 mb = 2526.23 m = 8288.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.45 mb = 520.80 m = 1708.63 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 10.19 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 1921.62 m = 6304.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.64 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 26.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 247.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.43 mb = 1277.14 m = 4190.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.43 mb = 3036.17 m = 9961.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 402.43 mb = 7155.78 m = 23476.69 ft B at Equ Level: 246.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.43 mb = 9382.84 m = 30783.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 45.8 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.7 neg: -7.3 tot: 250.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 137.26 m/s