MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.17,-92.59 Latitude: 40.17 Longitude: -92.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 982 271 16.9 -4.6 23 21.5 7.2 291 14 291.5 292.0 281.2 299.7 2.77 2 950 555 13.2 -6.2 25 19.4 4.9 293 22 290.6 291.0 280.4 298.0 2.52 3 900 1005 8.8 -7.1 32 15.9 2.3 294 23 290.6 291.0 280.4 297.9 2.49 4 850 1474 4.3 -7.9 41 12.2 -0.4 295 22 290.7 291.1 280.4 298.0 2.47 5 800 1963 -0.4 -9.0 52 8.6 -3.6 297 22 290.8 291.2 280.4 297.9 2.41 6 750 2475 -2.5 -25.4 15 22.9 -8.0 313 27 293.9 294.0 279.6 296.0 0.65 7 700 3020 -4.2 -41.6 4 37.4 -10.4 322 38 297.8 297.8 280.6 298.3 0.14 8 650 3604 -4.0 -42.2 3 38.2 -10.6 320 53 304.4 304.5 283.4 305.0 0.14 9 600 4233 -5.7 -41.2 4 35.5 -12.0 322 62 309.5 309.5 285.4 310.1 0.17 10 550 4910 -9.1 -35.0 10 25.9 -14.3 323 69 313.3 313.3 286.9 314.5 0.35 11 500 5641 -13.4 -38.2 10 24.8 -17.7 319 75 316.7 316.8 288.0 317.7 0.28 12 450 6434 -19.1 -45.1 8 26.1 -22.4 320 80 319.3 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.15 13 400 7298 -25.7 -37.8 31 12.1 -27.3 323 88 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.37 14 350 8250 -33.4 -49.0 19 15.6 -34.6 324 94 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.13 15 300 9312 -42.1 -54.3 25 12.2 -42.6 326 101 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.3 0.08 16 250 10523 -50.1 -58.3 38 8.2 -50.3 326 107 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 17 200 11983 -48.6 -71.6 5 23.0 -49.1 320 84 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13845 -54.1 -81.1 2 27.0 -54.5 307 59 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16391 -61.8 -84.5 3 22.7 -62.0 290 37 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.02 m Freezing level: 803.96 mb = 1923.98 m = 6312.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.15 mb = 1395.57 m = 4578.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.07 % Est. max temperature: 16.08 C = 60.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.39 mb = 2903.97 m = 9527.34 ft T: -3.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.50 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 489.94 mb = 5794.07 m = 19009.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.46 C = 108.43 F Cap Strength: 15.23 C Lifted Index: 16.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.24 C Showalter Index: 16.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.70 C Cross Totals Index: 5.47 C K Index: -27.65 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15447.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.25 mb = 2950.19 m = 9678.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.9 at 46.5 knts Storm direction: 346.9 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 166.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 115.64 m/s