MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.16,-90.79 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -90.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 983 204 13.8 6.1 60 7.7 9.7 300 10 288.3 289.4 283.5 305.4 6.02 2 950 494 12.4 4.7 59 7.7 8.3 304 23 289.8 290.8 283.7 305.9 5.64 3 900 945 10.3 1.0 53 9.3 5.7 306 31 292.1 292.9 283.5 305.3 4.56 4 850 1418 6.7 -1.2 57 7.9 3.0 305 34 293.2 293.9 283.5 305.2 4.11 5 800 1912 2.7 -3.3 64 6.1 0.0 300 34 294.1 294.7 283.4 305.1 3.73 6 750 2431 -0.8 -7.9 58 7.2 -3.6 284 30 295.8 296.3 283.1 304.2 2.81 7 700 2979 -3.9 -11.8 54 7.8 -6.7 268 31 298.1 298.5 283.4 304.9 2.21 8 650 3559 -8.3 -13.3 67 5.0 -9.9 261 34 299.6 300.0 283.8 306.1 2.11 9 600 4175 -12.8 -16.6 73 3.8 -13.9 259 36 301.3 301.6 284.1 306.8 1.74 10 550 4831 -18.4 -21.8 75 3.4 -19.2 256 41 302.3 302.5 283.8 306.2 1.22 11 500 5534 -23.5 -30.6 52 7.1 -24.6 253 54 304.4 304.5 284.0 306.4 0.60 12 450 6298 -27.4 -42.9 21 15.5 -28.9 240 79 308.8 308.9 285.1 309.5 0.19 13 400 7139 -30.5 -59.4 4 28.9 -32.1 247 84 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.5 0.03 14 350 8082 -33.8 -57.7 7 23.9 -35.1 250 106 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.4 0.05 15 300 9150 -39.3 -61.5 8 22.2 -40.2 252 115 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.03 16 250 10385 -43.7 -67.1 6 23.4 -44.5 255 100 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 11868 -48.2 -74.2 3 26.0 -48.7 258 80 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 13736 -55.7 -79.8 3 24.1 -56.0 241 66 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16292 -58.3 -84.6 2 26.3 -58.7 273 36 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5472.75 m Freezing level: 760.84 mb = 2318.27 m = 7605.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 799.32 mb = 1918.89 m = 6295.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.57 % Est. max temperature: 18.89 C = 66.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.83 mb = 1170.36 m = 3839.73 ft T: 8.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.65 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.21 mb = 2216.97 m = 7273.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.49 C = 68.88 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 21.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12872.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.29 mb = 1688.02 m = 5538.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -44.1 tot: -43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 80.07 m/s