MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-92.53 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -92.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 985 271 9.2 8.7 97 0.5 8.9 88 9 283.6 284.8 282.7 303.4 7.16 2 950 567 8.0 8.0 100 0.0 8.0 115 20 285.3 286.5 283.4 305.0 7.08 3 900 1014 7.8 7.8 100 0.0 7.8 155 14 289.5 290.8 285.5 310.4 7.38 4 850 1486 7.1 7.1 100 0.0 7.1 153 6 293.6 294.9 287.1 315.0 7.44 5 800 1985 6.2 6.2 100 0.0 6.2 189 6 297.7 299.1 288.6 319.5 7.43 6 750 2513 4.2 4.2 100 0.0 4.2 217 12 301.1 302.4 289.3 321.7 6.90 7 700 3072 0.9 0.7 99 0.2 0.8 223 10 303.5 304.5 289.0 320.9 5.77 8 650 3664 -2.0 -8.1 63 6.1 -4.5 252 12 306.8 307.4 287.7 316.8 3.20 9 600 4297 -5.8 -14.9 49 9.1 -8.9 239 16 309.5 309.8 287.4 316.0 2.01 10 550 4973 -10.0 -20.4 42 10.4 -13.0 243 16 312.2 312.5 287.7 316.8 1.37 11 500 5701 -15.0 -25.4 40 10.5 -17.5 257 16 314.8 315.0 288.1 318.1 0.96 12 450 6488 -20.6 -27.6 54 7.0 -22.1 253 19 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.4 0.88 13 400 7349 -26.6 -35.3 44 8.7 -27.9 258 23 320.4 320.5 289.4 322.1 0.48 14 350 8297 -34.9 -39.9 61 4.9 -35.4 250 27 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.34 15 300 9354 -42.0 -42.2 98 0.2 -42.0 224 61 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.31 16 250 10568 -50.7 -50.7 99 0.0 -50.7 208 88 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.15 17 200 11989 -57.7 -65.7 36 7.9 -57.9 228 84 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 13803 -58.4 -78.7 6 20.3 -58.7 264 39 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16331 -62.2 -84.1 4 21.9 -62.4 262 30 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5558.03 m Freezing level: 684.29 mb = 3258.05 m = 10689.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.59 mb = 3157.05 m = 10357.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.26 % Est. max temperature: 20.35 C = 68.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.29 mb = 332.97 m = 1092.42 ft T: 8.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 964.60 mb = 441.16 m = 1447.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.13 C = 50.24 F Cap Strength: 8.63 C Lifted Index: 9.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.50 C Showalter Index: 4.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 28.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12022.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.95 mb = 726.05 m = 2382.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.8 neg: -22.3 tot: 108.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 75.45 m/s