MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 41.11,-95.96 Latitude: 41.11 Longitude: -95.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 977 337 13.2 8.2 72 4.9 10.4 97 9 288.3 289.5 284.6 308.0 7.01 2 950 568 10.6 7.9 84 2.6 9.1 103 15 287.9 289.1 284.5 307.7 7.05 3 900 1019 10.6 10.3 98 0.3 10.4 137 22 292.4 294.0 287.9 317.3 8.75 4 850 1495 9.2 8.8 97 0.4 9.0 145 23 295.8 297.3 288.8 320.2 8.40 5 800 1996 7.0 6.7 97 0.4 6.8 131 17 298.7 300.1 289.1 321.3 7.70 6 750 2526 5.2 1.8 79 3.3 3.4 118 16 302.2 303.3 288.6 319.7 5.84 7 700 3086 0.7 -2.2 81 2.9 -0.7 114 14 303.3 304.1 287.9 317.4 4.66 8 650 3679 -1.5 -16.8 30 15.3 -6.6 113 14 307.3 307.6 286.2 312.4 1.58 9 600 4310 -6.1 -21.3 29 15.2 -10.5 107 13 309.1 309.3 286.4 313.0 1.16 10 550 4984 -11.9 -18.4 59 6.5 -13.8 87 13 310.0 310.3 287.2 315.3 1.64 11 500 5708 -15.5 -17.9 81 2.5 -16.2 97 10 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.4 1.87 12 450 6496 -20.4 -22.4 84 2.0 -20.8 131 7 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.4 1.41 13 400 7357 -26.5 -26.6 99 0.1 -26.6 184 12 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.2 1.08 14 350 8305 -34.8 -35.0 98 0.2 -34.8 196 7 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.56 15 300 9360 -43.8 -44.2 96 0.4 -43.8 211 18 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.25 16 250 10561 -52.1 -58.6 45 6.5 -52.3 193 33 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.06 17 200 11988 -56.1 -68.3 20 12.3 -56.3 245 27 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13800 -59.2 -78.5 6 19.3 -59.5 258 31 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16322 -61.9 -84.2 4 22.3 -62.1 267 31 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.15 m Freezing level: 683.77 mb = 3278.19 m = 10755.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 2989.92 m = 9809.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.75 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.37 mb = 959.76 m = 3148.80 ft T: 10.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 8.87 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.09 mb = 2036.53 m = 6681.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.75 C = 74.75 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9899.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.53 mb = 1004.46 m = 3295.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 146.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: -25.3 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 46.66 Bulk Shear: 0.48 m/s