MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.61,-91.22 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 979 218 16.9 15.1 89 1.8 15.7 171 18 291.8 293.7 289.7 323.1 11.06 2 950 477 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.7 171 34 292.6 294.5 289.8 323.5 10.87 3 900 934 12.5 12.5 100 -0.0 12.5 180 43 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.5 10.16 4 850 1413 10.4 10.3 100 0.0 10.3 199 45 297.0 298.7 290.0 324.1 9.32 5 800 1916 7.7 7.5 98 0.2 7.6 215 39 299.4 300.9 289.8 323.4 8.16 6 750 2446 5.0 3.9 93 1.1 4.4 215 36 302.0 303.2 289.4 322.1 6.74 7 700 3007 1.8 -0.9 82 2.7 0.4 210 36 304.5 305.4 288.8 320.0 5.11 8 650 3600 -2.1 -5.2 80 3.1 -3.5 209 38 306.6 307.3 288.4 318.9 4.00 9 600 4232 -6.6 -9.4 80 2.9 -7.7 209 44 308.5 309.1 288.2 318.3 3.11 10 550 4905 -11.6 -14.6 78 3.0 -12.6 211 50 310.3 310.8 287.9 317.6 2.24 11 500 5628 -16.7 -20.9 70 4.2 -17.8 213 56 312.7 313.0 287.9 317.5 1.45 12 450 6411 -22.2 -26.7 67 4.4 -23.1 212 55 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.6 0.96 13 400 7265 -29.0 -32.0 75 3.0 -29.5 209 56 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.6 0.65 14 350 8204 -36.3 -39.0 76 2.7 -36.6 209 56 319.8 319.8 289.1 321.1 0.37 15 300 9255 -43.8 -45.0 88 1.1 -43.9 203 61 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.23 16 250 10455 -52.4 -53.5 88 1.1 -52.4 193 65 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.10 17 200 11891 -53.2 -72.5 8 19.4 -53.5 217 56 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13743 -52.9 -80.6 2 27.6 -53.4 260 56 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16327 -58.9 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.2 265 35 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.07 m Freezing level: 677.06 mb = 3279.10 m = 10758.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.52 mb = 3069.68 m = 10071.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.05 C = 73.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.48 mb = 446.15 m = 1463.74 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 6.53 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.65 mb = 797.68 m = 2617.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.94 C = 66.09 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 27.00 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 355.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.52 mb = 743.61 m = 2439.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.52 mb = 2828.66 m = 9280.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.52 mb = 8911.41 m = 29236.55 ft B at Equ Level: 354.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.52 mb = 11118.37 m = 36477.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.1 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 236.1 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.3 neg: -13.1 tot: 328.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 4.40 Bulk Shear: 80.67 m/s