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: 41.40,-92.90 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -92.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 974 257 16.2 14.8 91 1.4 15.3 169 16 291.5 293.4 289.5 322.4 10.90 2 950 472 14.8 14.2 96 0.6 14.4 169 28 292.2 294.1 289.6 322.9 10.80 3 900 929 12.5 12.5 100 0.0 12.5 180 39 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.5 10.17 4 850 1408 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 210 40 297.1 298.8 290.0 324.2 9.31 5 800 1911 7.5 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 218 38 299.2 300.6 289.6 322.7 7.99 6 750 2441 5.0 3.0 87 2.0 3.9 217 38 302.0 303.2 289.0 321.0 6.35 7 700 3001 1.9 -2.9 71 4.8 -0.4 221 39 304.6 305.4 288.1 318.1 4.42 8 650 3595 -1.9 -9.5 56 7.6 -5.0 224 40 306.8 307.4 287.3 315.9 2.86 9 600 4226 -6.4 -17.3 42 10.9 -9.9 220 42 308.7 309.0 286.8 314.0 1.63 10 550 4900 -11.4 -23.1 37 11.6 -14.5 215 48 310.5 310.7 286.8 314.1 1.08 11 500 5622 -17.0 -26.0 46 8.9 -19.0 214 53 312.3 312.4 287.2 315.4 0.92 12 450 6403 -22.9 -30.2 51 7.3 -24.2 214 63 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.69 13 400 7255 -29.6 -37.0 49 7.3 -30.5 217 60 316.5 316.6 288.1 317.9 0.40 14 350 8192 -36.6 -43.3 50 6.7 -37.1 225 57 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.24 15 300 9243 -43.9 -49.6 53 5.7 -44.2 221 45 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.14 16 250 10445 -51.0 -58.6 40 7.7 -51.2 213 52 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 17 200 11886 -51.9 -73.8 6 21.9 -52.2 231 42 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13739 -53.7 -80.2 3 26.5 -54.2 256 59 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16329 -58.9 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.3 258 30 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.97 m Freezing level: 674.80 mb = 3300.61 m = 10828.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.50 mb = 2949.04 m = 9675.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.03 % Est. max temperature: 22.80 C = 73.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.86 mb = 437.56 m = 1435.55 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.17 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.50 mb = 812.11 m = 2664.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.51 C = 65.32 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 27.38 C K Index: 33.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 379.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.00 mb = 761.35 m = 2497.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.00 mb = 3316.44 m = 10880.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.00 mb = 8953.90 m = 29375.95 ft B at Equ Level: 377.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.00 mb = 11182.66 m = 36688.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 242.6 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): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 348.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 3.61 Bulk Shear: 105.16 m/s