MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 40.26,-93.9 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 972 289 15.9 15.2 96 0.7 15.4 115 4 291.4 293.4 289.7 323.1 11.21 2 950 485 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 142 8 292.7 294.7 289.9 323.8 10.92 3 900 943 13.0 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 206 8 294.9 296.7 289.9 323.6 9.98 4 850 1422 10.3 9.7 96 0.6 9.9 231 10 296.9 298.5 289.6 322.8 8.90 5 800 1925 7.3 7.1 98 0.2 7.2 241 11 298.9 300.4 289.4 322.2 7.91 6 750 2455 5.6 2.0 77 3.6 3.7 258 16 302.6 303.7 288.8 320.4 5.89 7 700 3017 2.5 -3.8 63 6.3 -0.4 253 20 305.2 306.0 288.1 317.9 4.12 8 650 3611 -1.9 -7.7 64 5.8 -4.3 248 25 306.8 307.5 287.8 317.1 3.29 9 600 4242 -6.7 -11.1 71 4.4 -8.4 240 30 308.3 308.8 287.8 317.0 2.72 10 550 4915 -12.1 -14.1 85 2.0 -12.8 244 31 309.7 310.1 287.8 317.2 2.33 11 500 5637 -17.3 -18.0 94 0.7 -17.5 247 33 312.0 312.3 288.1 318.0 1.85 12 450 6418 -22.7 -24.0 89 1.3 -23.0 234 39 314.7 315.0 288.3 318.8 1.22 13 400 7271 -28.9 -35.6 52 6.7 -29.8 238 35 317.4 317.5 288.4 319.0 0.46 14 350 8211 -36.5 -42.3 55 5.9 -37.0 244 44 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.26 15 300 9260 -44.9 -49.8 58 5.0 -45.1 235 39 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.6 0.13 16 250 10457 -51.9 -61.9 29 9.9 -52.2 240 42 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.04 17 200 11892 -53.7 -72.4 8 18.7 -54.0 256 41 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13735 -55.4 -79.9 3 24.5 -55.8 250 50 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16314 -58.1 -84.3 2 26.2 -58.5 262 36 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.27 m Freezing level: 671.46 mb = 3356.19 m = 11010.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.47 mb = 2953.38 m = 9689.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.11 % Est. max temperature: 22.49 C = 72.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.98 mb = 378.50 m = 1241.77 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1008.57 m = 3308.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.68 C = 67.43 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 26.94 C K Index: 30.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 435.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.88 mb = 850.42 m = 2790.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.88 mb = 1570.87 m = 5153.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.88 mb = 2186.92 m = 7174.86 ft B at Equ Level: 19.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 684.88 mb = 3192.04 m = 10472.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 6.16 Bulk Shear: 70.64 m/s