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: 41.75,-93.45 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -93.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -44 SFC 963 279 17.0 14.6 86 2.4 15.5 166 16 293.3 295.2 290.1 324.4 10.93 2 950 394 16.8 14.1 84 2.7 15.1 170 25 294.3 296.2 290.2 324.9 10.70 3 900 854 14.8 11.1 79 3.7 12.5 195 33 296.7 298.4 289.8 323.5 9.23 4 850 1336 12.1 5.6 64 6.5 8.5 207 31 298.9 300.1 288.3 318.7 6.72 5 800 1842 9.9 -1.8 44 11.7 4.2 212 35 301.7 302.5 286.9 314.4 4.19 6 750 2374 6.1 -7.2 38 13.2 0.3 213 39 303.2 303.7 286.2 312.4 2.98 7 700 2934 1.6 -9.8 42 11.4 -3.0 216 43 304.3 304.8 286.2 312.4 2.60 8 650 3526 -3.5 -11.9 52 8.4 -6.6 219 50 305.0 305.4 286.2 312.5 2.37 9 600 4152 -8.6 -12.2 75 3.6 -9.9 217 58 306.2 306.7 286.8 314.1 2.50 10 550 4821 -12.9 -16.9 72 4.0 -14.1 209 58 308.8 309.1 287.0 314.7 1.85 11 500 5540 -18.2 -25.6 52 7.4 -19.8 208 51 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.0 0.95 12 450 6319 -23.4 -31.0 50 7.6 -24.7 203 50 313.8 313.9 287.4 316.0 0.64 13 400 7171 -28.1 -51.1 9 22.9 -30.0 188 58 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.8 0.09 14 350 8117 -34.2 -52.4 14 18.3 -35.4 181 68 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.0 0.08 15 300 9182 -40.1 -56.9 15 16.8 -40.9 174 65 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 16 250 10406 -47.4 -58.5 27 11.1 -47.8 168 71 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.06 17 200 11855 -53.2 -71.6 9 18.4 -53.5 196 52 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13708 -52.3 -80.7 2 28.4 -52.8 237 63 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16309 -57.3 -84.4 2 27.1 -57.7 250 45 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.04 m Freezing level: 684.16 mb = 3121.70 m = 10241.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.23 mb = 2425.62 m = 7957.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.85 mb = 576.21 m = 1890.42 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 1898.25 m = 6227.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 24.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 453.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.79 mb = 1199.86 m = 3936.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.79 mb = 2948.11 m = 9672.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.79 mb = 7746.61 m = 25415.07 ft B at Equ Level: 452.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.79 mb = 10437.88 m = 34244.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 259.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 5.08 Bulk Shear: 89.30 m/s