MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 41.16,-90.1 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -90.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 986 211 4.7 2.4 85 2.3 3.6 241 11 278.9 279.7 277.4 291.6 4.60 2 950 516 2.0 1.2 95 0.8 1.6 247 21 279.2 279.9 277.3 291.2 4.38 3 900 950 -1.1 -1.6 97 0.4 -1.3 262 23 280.3 281.0 277.1 290.9 3.78 4 850 1404 -4.0 -4.6 96 0.6 -4.3 262 21 281.9 282.5 277.2 291.0 3.19 5 800 1879 -6.4 -8.0 88 1.6 -6.9 264 20 284.4 284.8 277.6 291.9 2.62 6 750 2382 -8.8 -11.6 80 2.8 -9.6 264 19 287.0 287.4 278.3 293.2 2.10 7 700 2913 -12.1 -14.7 81 2.6 -12.8 267 20 289.1 289.4 278.7 294.3 1.75 8 650 3476 -15.4 -17.9 81 2.5 -16.0 273 22 291.6 291.8 279.5 296.0 1.43 9 600 4077 -18.8 -21.1 82 2.3 -19.3 275 26 294.4 294.6 280.5 298.1 1.19 10 550 4720 -22.7 -24.9 83 2.1 -23.1 273 31 297.1 297.3 281.4 300.1 0.92 11 500 5412 -27.7 -30.5 77 2.7 -28.1 267 35 299.2 299.3 281.8 301.2 0.61 12 450 6160 -33.6 -36.3 76 2.7 -33.9 262 37 301.0 301.1 282.3 302.3 0.38 13 400 6975 -39.6 -42.3 76 2.7 -39.8 260 37 303.5 303.5 283.1 304.3 0.23 14 350 7877 -45.1 -48.9 66 3.8 -45.3 256 36 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.3 0.13 15 300 8899 -47.5 -60.7 21 13.1 -47.9 251 39 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.5 0.04 16 250 10098 -48.8 -68.3 9 19.4 -49.3 246 34 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.02 17 200 11569 -47.2 -77.3 2 30.1 -47.9 252 33 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 18 150 13469 -48.4 -78.5 2 30.1 -49.1 244 26 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.01 19 100 16120 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.2 258 17 428.3 428.3 308.7 428.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5312.83 m Freezing level: 918.52 mb = 789.28 m = 2589.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 922.66 mb = 750.40 m = 2461.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.32 % Est. max temperature: 8.34 C = 47.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.85 mb = 500.31 m = 1641.41 ft T: 2.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.69 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.55 mb = 786.20 m = 2579.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.65 C = 42.17 F Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lifted Index: 7.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 16.57 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16760.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.35 mb = 753.14 m = 2470.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.4 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 296.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 13.96 m/s