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: 42.69,-92.40 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -92.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -45 SFC 960 303 16.1 14.2 89 1.9 14.9 151 17 292.6 294.5 289.6 322.9 10.65 2 950 392 15.7 13.8 88 1.9 14.5 154 25 293.1 295.0 289.6 322.9 10.47 3 900 849 12.4 11.6 95 0.8 11.9 164 36 294.3 296.0 289.3 321.8 9.58 4 850 1329 11.7 6.3 69 5.5 8.6 178 34 298.4 299.7 288.5 319.1 7.04 5 800 1834 9.3 -1.8 46 11.1 3.9 185 32 301.0 301.8 286.6 313.7 4.19 6 750 2365 5.7 -5.6 44 11.3 0.6 193 38 302.7 303.4 286.4 313.0 3.35 7 700 2925 1.0 -7.5 53 8.6 -2.6 197 42 303.6 304.2 286.5 313.2 3.10 8 650 3516 -3.3 -12.0 51 8.7 -6.5 206 42 305.2 305.6 286.2 312.6 2.34 9 600 4143 -8.4 -16.6 52 8.2 -10.9 213 49 306.4 306.7 286.1 312.0 1.75 10 550 4812 -12.7 -17.2 69 4.5 -14.0 201 52 309.0 309.3 287.1 314.8 1.80 11 500 5532 -17.9 -20.6 79 2.7 -18.6 190 51 311.2 311.5 287.5 316.1 1.48 12 450 6311 -24.0 -25.7 85 1.8 -24.3 190 54 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.7 1.05 13 400 7159 -30.5 -33.1 78 2.6 -30.8 192 58 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.5 0.59 14 350 8098 -35.3 -56.4 10 21.1 -36.4 183 75 321.1 321.2 289.2 321.4 0.05 15 300 9159 -40.8 -60.8 10 20.0 -41.6 171 72 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.04 16 250 10379 -48.0 -64.6 13 16.6 -48.4 170 76 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 17 200 11833 -52.7 -72.4 7 19.7 -53.0 187 65 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13694 -52.0 -80.9 2 28.9 -52.5 240 46 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16292 -56.9 -84.4 2 27.5 -57.3 250 39 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.99 m Freezing level: 688.11 mb = 3065.39 m = 10056.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.43 mb = 2469.55 m = 8102.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.18 % Est. max temperature: 23.86 C = 74.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.70 mb = 538.33 m = 1766.16 ft T: 14.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.91 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1702.74 m = 5586.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.69 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 27.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.94 mb = 1000.12 m = 3281.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.94 mb = 2936.95 m = 9635.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.94 mb = 7920.88 m = 25986.81 ft B at Equ Level: 388.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 258.94 mb = 10144.20 m = 33281.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.4 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 223.4 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.4 neg: -6.0 tot: 278.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 85.98 m/s