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: 40.26,-92.33 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 977 254 17.7 14.9 84 2.8 15.9 151 15 292.8 294.7 289.9 323.9 10.95 2 950 497 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 153 28 293.1 294.9 289.6 322.8 10.43 3 900 953 12.4 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 165 37 294.3 296.0 289.3 321.9 9.62 4 850 1433 11.3 10.1 92 1.2 10.6 187 39 297.9 299.6 290.2 324.7 9.16 5 800 1939 9.1 9.0 99 0.1 9.0 199 37 300.9 302.5 291.0 327.6 9.06 6 750 2473 7.5 1.6 66 5.8 4.4 205 39 304.7 305.8 289.4 322.2 5.75 7 700 3038 4.2 -5.6 49 9.8 -0.3 212 42 307.2 307.8 288.2 318.4 3.61 8 650 3636 0.0 -9.5 48 9.6 -3.9 224 46 309.0 309.6 288.1 318.1 2.85 9 600 4272 -4.8 -10.9 62 6.1 -7.2 230 50 310.6 311.1 288.6 319.5 2.77 10 550 4950 -9.6 -12.7 78 3.1 -10.7 232 51 312.7 313.2 289.1 321.2 2.61 11 500 5679 -14.6 -15.5 93 0.9 -14.9 237 51 315.3 315.7 289.6 322.8 2.29 12 450 6469 -20.5 -21.3 93 0.8 -20.7 235 53 317.5 317.8 289.6 322.7 1.55 13 400 7329 -26.7 -31.0 67 4.3 -27.4 231 55 320.3 320.5 289.6 322.9 0.72 14 350 8278 -34.5 -44.7 35 10.2 -35.4 231 57 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.0 0.20 15 300 9334 -43.6 -49.4 53 5.8 -43.9 228 57 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.14 16 250 10533 -52.8 -58.6 49 5.8 -52.9 220 55 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.06 17 200 11954 -57.1 -68.6 22 11.5 -57.3 242 53 342.3 342.4 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 13772 -55.6 -79.9 3 24.3 -55.9 255 60 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16341 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 259 27 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.87 m Freezing level: 649.50 mb = 3642.71 m = 11951.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.93 mb = 3003.76 m = 9854.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.15 C = 75.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.50 mb = 608.59 m = 1996.65 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 9.55 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1041.38 m = 3416.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.91 C = 67.84 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 26.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6478.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.86 mb = 898.62 m = 2948.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 468.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 468.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 194.72 m/s