MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.05,-92.96 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 974 274 17.3 15.2 88 2.1 15.9 154 15 292.6 294.6 290.1 324.4 11.21 2 950 488 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.9 157 27 293.3 295.2 290.0 324.2 10.86 3 900 946 12.9 12.9 100 -0.0 12.9 168 36 294.8 296.7 290.2 324.8 10.45 4 850 1426 10.9 10.9 100 0.0 10.9 197 40 297.6 299.3 290.5 325.7 9.67 5 800 1931 9.2 9.2 100 0.0 9.2 208 40 301.0 302.6 291.1 328.0 9.15 6 750 2464 7.7 -2.2 49 10.0 2.8 220 39 305.0 305.8 288.2 318.3 4.33 7 700 3031 5.3 -8.2 37 13.5 -0.6 226 44 308.4 308.9 288.0 317.7 2.95 8 650 3631 0.9 -10.1 44 11.0 -3.6 229 50 309.9 310.5 288.3 318.6 2.73 9 600 4268 -3.8 -11.8 54 7.9 -6.9 231 50 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.0 2.59 10 550 4949 -9.0 -13.5 70 4.5 -10.6 236 46 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.4 2.45 11 500 5678 -15.0 -16.9 85 1.9 -15.6 238 47 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.5 2.04 12 450 6466 -20.9 -24.3 74 3.4 -21.7 233 50 317.0 317.2 289.0 321.0 1.19 13 400 7324 -27.7 -35.1 49 7.5 -28.7 231 58 319.1 319.1 289.0 320.8 0.48 14 350 8268 -35.6 -45.8 34 10.2 -36.4 238 62 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.5 0.18 15 300 9321 -44.0 -51.9 42 7.8 -44.4 238 61 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.7 0.11 16 250 10521 -51.8 -61.1 32 9.3 -52.0 229 58 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 17 200 11951 -55.7 -69.6 16 13.9 -55.9 248 55 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13774 -56.0 -79.7 4 23.7 -56.3 253 60 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16345 -59.9 -84.2 3 24.3 -60.2 266 27 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.80 m Freezing level: 640.81 mb = 3747.95 m = 12296.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 2933.44 m = 9624.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.94 % Est. max temperature: 23.90 C = 75.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.85 mb = 534.16 m = 1752.46 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 887.08 m = 2910.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.27 C = 66.68 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 23.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 194.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.29 mb = 830.85 m = 2725.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.29 mb = 4986.49 m = 16359.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.29 mb = 9605.58 m = 31513.98 ft B at Equ Level: 188.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.29 mb = 11131.39 m = 36519.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 514.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 514.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 194.80 m/s