MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.37,-92.97 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -92.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 973 318 8.9 1.0 57 7.9 5.2 294 20 284.3 285.0 279.6 296.2 4.22 2 950 515 5.9 0.0 66 5.9 3.2 296 32 283.2 283.9 278.9 294.5 4.02 3 900 954 1.6 -1.1 82 2.8 0.4 299 37 283.2 283.9 278.7 294.2 3.90 4 850 1412 -2.4 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 304 39 283.6 284.3 278.6 294.0 3.66 5 800 1890 -5.9 -6.0 99 0.1 -6.0 307 40 284.8 285.4 278.4 293.5 3.04 6 750 2394 -7.2 -9.9 81 2.7 -8.1 314 43 288.8 289.2 279.5 295.9 2.41 7 700 2929 -9.4 -13.7 71 4.4 -10.7 314 45 292.1 292.4 280.4 297.8 1.89 8 650 3499 -12.1 -17.3 66 5.1 -13.5 308 48 295.2 295.5 281.3 299.9 1.52 9 600 4108 -14.7 -19.5 67 4.8 -16.0 304 55 299.1 299.3 282.7 303.3 1.35 10 550 4763 -17.5 -23.3 61 5.8 -18.8 307 63 303.3 303.5 284.1 306.8 1.07 11 500 5471 -21.4 -26.5 63 5.1 -22.4 308 72 306.9 307.1 285.2 309.8 0.87 12 450 6240 -26.7 -31.9 61 5.2 -27.5 307 75 309.7 309.8 285.9 311.7 0.59 13 400 7079 -32.9 -40.7 46 7.8 -33.6 308 77 312.2 312.3 286.5 313.2 0.27 14 350 8005 -39.2 -51.7 25 12.5 -39.8 307 82 315.9 315.9 287.5 316.3 0.09 15 300 9050 -43.8 -58.7 18 14.9 -44.3 305 98 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.8 0.05 16 250 10267 -46.1 -66.2 8 20.1 -46.7 306 100 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.02 17 200 11740 -49.1 -75.0 3 25.9 -49.7 307 88 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13609 -52.9 -80.9 2 28.0 -53.4 301 67 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16213 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 304 26 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5379.40 m Freezing level: 879.69 mb = 1140.12 m = 3740.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 892.81 mb = 1018.56 m = 3341.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.16 % Est. max temperature: 8.91 C = 48.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.97 mb = 1299.74 m = 4264.18 ft T: -1.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.62 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1318.41 m = 4325.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.18 C = 46.73 F Cap Strength: 9.44 C Lifted Index: 11.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 11.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.65 C K Index: 11.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.41 mb = 1295.69 m = 4250.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.41 mb = 1435.70 m = 4710.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.41 mb = 2013.51 m = 6605.94 ft B at Equ Level: 8.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 757.41 mb = 2316.80 m = 7600.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.0 at 51.8 knts Storm direction: 337.0 at 38.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 172.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 63.97 m/s