MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-91.93 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 981 217 17.3 15.2 88 2.0 16.0 154 16 292.0 294.0 289.9 323.6 11.16 2 950 491 15.5 14.4 93 1.1 14.8 157 31 292.9 294.9 290.0 324.0 10.91 3 900 949 13.5 13.1 98 0.4 13.3 179 40 295.4 297.3 290.5 325.8 10.58 4 850 1430 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 207 42 298.5 300.4 291.2 328.1 10.14 5 800 1937 9.0 8.1 95 0.8 8.5 220 42 300.7 302.3 290.5 325.9 8.53 6 750 2469 6.2 6.0 99 0.2 6.1 222 42 303.3 304.8 290.8 326.8 7.85 7 700 3032 3.8 -2.8 62 6.6 0.5 226 41 306.7 307.5 288.8 320.3 4.43 8 650 3630 -0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.4 232 44 308.9 309.5 288.4 319.1 3.21 9 600 4266 -4.7 -12.3 55 7.6 -7.6 231 44 310.7 311.1 288.3 318.6 2.47 10 550 4944 -10.0 -16.3 60 6.3 -12.1 229 45 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.6 1.95 11 500 5671 -15.6 -19.7 71 4.1 -16.7 224 45 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.4 1.61 12 450 6457 -21.3 -23.6 82 2.3 -21.8 222 51 316.5 316.7 289.0 320.8 1.27 13 400 7314 -28.2 -32.5 67 4.2 -28.9 225 52 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.63 14 350 8256 -35.9 -38.5 77 2.6 -36.2 234 57 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.7 0.39 15 300 9307 -44.2 -46.2 80 2.0 -44.3 233 66 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.20 16 250 10508 -51.8 -54.9 69 3.1 -52.0 224 62 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.09 17 200 11939 -55.1 -73.7 8 18.6 -55.4 238 52 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 13774 -53.6 -80.2 2 26.7 -54.0 255 62 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16351 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 265 31 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.95 m Freezing level: 650.30 mb = 3626.55 m = 11897.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.13 mb = 3111.72 m = 10208.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.56 C = 76.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.98 mb = 473.75 m = 1554.29 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.22 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 993.17 m = 3258.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.91 C = 69.64 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 27.16 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 322.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.45 mb = 786.61 m = 2580.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.45 mb = 4233.36 m = 13888.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.45 mb = 9704.11 m = 31837.24 ft B at Equ Level: 315.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.45 mb = 11551.57 m = 37898.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 510.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 510.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 170.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.82 Bulk Shear: 177.34 m/s