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: 41.31,-92.88 Latitude: 41.31 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 974 261 16.2 14.8 92 1.4 15.4 169 15 291.5 293.5 289.5 322.6 10.95 2 950 473 14.9 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 170 28 292.3 294.2 289.7 323.1 10.85 3 900 930 12.6 12.6 100 0.0 12.6 182 38 294.5 296.3 289.9 323.8 10.22 4 850 1409 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 211 39 297.2 298.8 290.0 324.2 9.30 5 800 1912 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.3 218 38 299.2 300.7 289.6 322.7 7.99 6 750 2442 5.1 3.0 86 2.1 3.9 218 38 302.1 303.3 289.0 321.0 6.32 7 700 3003 2.0 -2.8 70 4.8 -0.3 222 39 304.7 305.5 288.2 318.3 4.43 8 650 3597 -1.8 -9.5 56 7.6 -4.9 225 40 306.9 307.4 287.4 315.9 2.87 9 600 4228 -6.3 -17.1 42 10.8 -9.8 220 43 308.8 309.1 286.8 314.2 1.67 10 550 4902 -11.3 -23.0 38 11.7 -14.3 216 48 310.7 310.9 286.8 314.3 1.09 11 500 5625 -16.9 -25.7 47 8.7 -18.9 216 53 312.4 312.6 287.3 315.6 0.95 12 450 6406 -22.8 -29.9 52 7.1 -24.1 214 62 314.6 314.7 287.8 317.0 0.71 13 400 7258 -29.5 -36.9 49 7.4 -30.4 219 60 316.6 316.7 288.1 318.0 0.40 14 350 8196 -36.7 -43.3 50 6.7 -37.2 226 58 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.24 15 300 9246 -43.9 -50.1 50 6.3 -44.2 222 47 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.13 16 250 10449 -50.9 -58.8 39 7.9 -51.1 214 53 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.06 17 200 11889 -52.2 -73.8 6 21.6 -52.5 231 43 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13742 -53.6 -80.2 2 26.6 -54.1 256 59 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16331 -59.0 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.3 258 30 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.52 m Freezing level: 673.89 mb = 3313.10 m = 10869.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.56 mb = 2961.58 m = 9716.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.01 % Est. max temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.49 mb = 433.04 m = 1420.71 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 9.98 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.30 mb = 815.10 m = 2674.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.56 C = 65.41 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 27.26 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.88 mb = 763.68 m = 2505.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.88 mb = 1882.38 m = 6175.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.88 mb = 2089.91 m = 6856.57 ft B at Equ Level: 16.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.88 mb = 11189.88 m = 36711.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.9 neg: -2.0 tot: 338.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 105.66 m/s