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: 42.28,-92.25 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -92.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -38 SFC 963 282 15.6 13.9 90 1.7 14.6 158 16 291.9 293.7 289.2 321.4 10.42 2 950 398 15.2 13.5 90 1.6 14.1 159 26 292.6 294.4 289.3 321.9 10.31 3 900 855 13.3 10.1 81 3.1 11.4 179 35 295.2 296.7 288.8 320.2 8.67 4 850 1335 12.0 4.4 60 7.6 7.8 191 35 298.7 299.9 287.8 317.0 6.17 5 800 1841 9.1 -1.7 47 10.8 3.9 195 33 300.9 301.7 286.6 313.7 4.23 6 750 2372 5.1 -5.0 48 10.1 0.6 201 37 302.2 302.8 286.4 312.9 3.52 7 700 2930 0.3 -7.0 58 7.3 -2.7 203 38 302.9 303.5 286.3 312.8 3.23 8 650 3519 -4.1 -9.2 68 5.1 -6.1 209 44 304.3 304.9 286.5 313.4 2.93 9 600 4145 -8.7 -12.6 73 3.9 -10.1 210 48 306.1 306.5 286.6 313.8 2.43 10 550 4814 -12.9 -14.6 87 1.7 -13.5 199 53 308.8 309.2 287.4 316.0 2.24 11 500 5534 -17.9 -19.1 90 1.2 -18.3 193 59 311.2 311.5 287.6 316.7 1.68 12 450 6313 -23.9 -25.6 86 1.7 -24.3 195 60 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.7 1.06 13 400 7162 -29.6 -35.8 55 6.2 -30.4 193 69 316.5 316.6 288.1 318.1 0.45 14 350 8103 -35.2 -51.3 18 16.1 -36.2 186 79 321.2 321.3 289.2 321.6 0.10 15 300 9165 -40.6 -62.2 8 21.6 -41.4 179 72 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.03 16 250 10387 -47.2 -66.0 10 18.8 -47.7 177 74 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.02 17 200 11843 -52.7 -72.2 8 19.4 -53.1 190 71 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13702 -52.0 -80.9 2 28.9 -52.5 240 50 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16303 -57.3 -84.4 2 27.1 -57.8 251 40 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.75 m Freezing level: 696.17 mb = 2975.09 m = 9760.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.93 mb = 2470.05 m = 8103.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.23 mb = 494.28 m = 1621.65 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.34 mb = 1899.23 m = 6231.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.38 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 27.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 269.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.65 mb = 1133.67 m = 3719.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.65 mb = 2864.86 m = 9399.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.65 mb = 7419.51 m = 24341.91 ft B at Equ Level: 269.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 285.65 mb = 9493.34 m = 31145.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.6 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 227.6 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.8 neg: -5.8 tot: 251.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 3.35 Bulk Shear: 80.53 m/s