MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.15,-91.73 Latitude: 41.15 Longitude: -91.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -24 SFC 972 221 15.7 14.6 93 1.2 15.0 173 10 291.3 293.2 289.3 321.8 10.79 2 950 413 15.8 14.0 89 1.8 14.7 186 20 293.3 295.2 289.9 323.6 10.65 3 900 872 14.7 7.9 64 6.8 10.7 220 25 296.7 298.0 288.2 318.4 7.45 4 850 1353 11.5 3.7 59 7.8 7.3 225 28 298.2 299.3 287.3 315.7 5.89 5 800 1857 7.9 0.9 61 7.0 4.4 220 26 299.6 300.5 287.0 314.8 5.11 6 750 2385 4.2 -1.3 67 5.5 1.5 209 24 301.1 302.0 287.1 315.1 4.64 7 700 2944 1.3 -1.5 82 2.8 -0.1 201 38 303.9 304.8 288.3 318.8 4.89 8 650 3537 -2.2 -6.3 73 4.1 -4.0 205 56 306.5 307.2 288.1 317.8 3.66 9 600 4169 -6.1 -12.6 60 6.5 -8.5 214 76 309.1 309.5 287.7 316.8 2.41 10 550 4842 -11.7 -19.3 53 7.6 -13.9 213 76 310.2 310.5 287.1 315.1 1.51 11 500 5565 -16.8 -24.6 51 7.7 -18.7 204 68 312.5 312.7 287.4 316.0 1.05 12 450 6348 -22.0 -33.0 36 11.0 -23.8 205 77 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.5 0.53 13 400 7203 -27.9 -43.2 22 15.2 -29.5 203 93 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.21 14 350 8148 -34.7 -47.7 26 13.0 -35.7 197 92 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.5 0.15 15 300 9208 -41.9 -54.7 24 12.8 -42.5 196 84 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.08 16 250 10429 -46.1 -64.6 11 18.5 -46.6 193 79 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 17 200 11884 -53.3 -69.9 11 16.6 -53.6 206 83 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13731 -53.5 -80.3 2 26.8 -53.9 238 64 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16326 -57.7 -84.3 2 26.6 -58.1 257 42 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.02 m Freezing level: 681.58 mb = 3162.56 m = 10375.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.97 mb = 2909.65 m = 9545.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.57 % Est. max temperature: 23.39 C = 74.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.16 mb = 366.63 m = 1202.82 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.21 mb = 1730.80 m = 5678.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.06 mb = 1224.67 m = 4017.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.06 mb = 4592.33 m = 15066.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.06 mb = 6379.20 m = 20928.87 ft B at Equ Level: 50.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 368.06 mb = 7792.42 m = 25565.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.4 at 49.1 knts Storm direction: 239.4 at 36.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 4.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 221.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 129.51 m/s