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: 42.69,-95.32 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 954 409 14.4 13.5 94 0.9 13.8 165 16 291.4 293.2 288.9 320.4 10.24 2 950 445 14.2 13.4 95 0.8 13.7 164 19 291.6 293.4 288.9 320.6 10.23 3 900 900 11.6 11.6 100 -0.0 11.6 169 35 293.5 295.2 289.0 320.9 9.59 4 850 1377 9.3 9.3 100 0.1 9.3 187 42 295.9 297.5 289.0 321.0 8.65 5 800 1878 6.6 6.5 99 0.1 6.5 205 39 298.2 299.5 288.9 320.4 7.60 6 750 2406 3.7 3.5 99 0.2 3.6 217 33 300.6 301.8 288.8 320.2 6.59 7 700 2964 0.8 0.6 99 0.2 0.7 211 32 303.3 304.4 288.9 320.6 5.72 8 650 3556 -3.3 -4.0 95 0.7 -3.7 197 34 305.2 306.0 288.3 318.6 4.38 9 600 4184 -7.2 -7.7 96 0.6 -7.4 200 37 307.8 308.5 288.4 319.0 3.56 10 550 4857 -11.6 -13.0 89 1.4 -12.1 207 37 310.3 310.8 288.2 318.5 2.55 11 500 5580 -17.0 -18.3 90 1.3 -17.4 201 37 312.3 312.6 288.2 318.2 1.81 12 450 6361 -23.3 -26.7 74 3.4 -24.0 193 40 313.9 314.1 287.8 317.2 0.96 13 400 7210 -30.2 -33.5 73 3.3 -30.7 193 46 315.7 315.8 288.0 317.7 0.57 14 350 8147 -36.6 -41.2 63 4.5 -37.1 190 34 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.4 0.30 15 300 9196 -44.8 -47.2 77 2.4 -44.9 181 27 322.3 322.3 289.6 323.0 0.18 16 250 10396 -51.0 -63.8 20 12.8 -51.3 196 38 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.03 17 200 11839 -52.5 -72.9 7 20.4 -52.8 235 40 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13694 -53.6 -80.3 2 26.7 -54.0 244 53 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16288 -57.8 -84.3 2 26.6 -58.2 267 38 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.84 m Freezing level: 690.64 mb = 3074.99 m = 10088.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.34 mb = 3052.12 m = 10013.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.97 % Est. max temperature: 20.83 C = 69.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.63 mb = 519.38 m = 1704.00 ft T: 13.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.02 mb = 909.19 m = 2982.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.45 C = 61.62 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 26.27 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.80 mb = 901.94 m = 2959.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.80 mb = 1625.93 m = 5334.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.80 mb = 8248.77 m = 27062.57 ft B at Equ Level: 206.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.80 mb = 10271.04 m = 33697.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.7 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 228.7 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.2 neg: -17.2 tot: 275.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 4.28 Bulk Shear: 48.69 m/s