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: 41.38,-92.35 Latitude: 41.38 Longitude: -92.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 976 249 16.3 14.7 90 1.6 15.3 158 17 291.5 293.4 289.4 322.2 10.83 2 950 477 14.9 14.1 94 0.9 14.4 158 32 292.3 294.2 289.6 322.7 10.67 3 900 934 12.5 12.5 100 0.0 12.5 172 43 294.4 296.3 289.9 323.6 10.17 4 850 1414 11.1 10.7 97 0.4 10.9 205 43 297.7 299.5 290.4 325.5 9.54 5 800 1918 8.2 7.6 96 0.7 7.8 214 39 299.9 301.4 290.0 324.0 8.19 6 750 2449 5.2 4.0 92 1.2 4.5 214 38 302.2 303.5 289.5 322.5 6.79 7 700 3010 1.8 -0.5 85 2.3 0.6 216 39 304.4 305.4 288.9 320.4 5.27 8 650 3605 -1.4 -6.7 67 5.3 -3.7 221 41 307.4 308.0 288.2 318.5 3.56 9 600 4237 -5.8 -12.5 59 6.7 -8.3 218 43 309.4 309.9 287.8 317.2 2.44 10 550 4913 -10.7 -19.7 48 9.0 -13.3 215 44 311.4 311.7 287.5 316.2 1.46 11 500 5637 -16.5 -21.6 65 5.1 -17.9 219 50 312.9 313.2 287.9 317.4 1.36 12 450 6420 -22.3 -24.2 84 1.9 -22.7 216 61 315.2 315.4 288.5 319.2 1.20 13 400 7273 -29.2 -34.6 60 5.3 -30.0 219 59 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.8 0.51 14 350 8212 -36.8 -40.5 68 3.7 -37.1 226 58 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.32 15 300 9261 -44.0 -48.9 58 4.9 -44.3 223 51 323.3 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.15 16 250 10462 -51.6 -57.1 52 5.5 -51.8 216 57 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.07 17 200 11899 -54.0 -73.4 7 19.5 -54.2 225 42 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13743 -53.8 -80.2 3 26.4 -54.2 256 58 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16329 -59.5 -84.2 3 24.7 -59.8 258 32 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.58 m Freezing level: 672.39 mb = 3338.36 m = 10952.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.02 mb = 3090.52 m = 10139.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.83 % Est. max temperature: 23.54 C = 74.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.68 mb = 453.45 m = 1487.69 ft T: 15.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 9.30 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.57 mb = 844.55 m = 2770.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.82 C = 65.88 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.59 C Cross Totals Index: 27.20 C K Index: 36.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.93 mb = 776.56 m = 2547.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.93 mb = 3827.57 m = 12557.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.93 mb = 8995.66 m = 29512.96 ft B at Equ Level: 294.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.93 mb = 10945.58 m = 35910.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 448.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 2.16 Bulk Shear: 137.36 m/s