MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.86,-92.09 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 978 229 18.6 16.6 88 2.0 17.3 128 16 293.6 295.8 291.3 328.4 12.22 2 950 482 17.1 15.5 90 1.6 16.0 136 31 294.5 296.6 291.2 328.0 11.71 3 900 943 15.2 12.3 82 3.0 13.4 154 32 297.2 299.0 290.6 326.3 10.02 4 850 1426 13.1 8.9 76 4.2 10.6 182 27 299.9 301.4 290.2 324.8 8.47 5 800 1935 11.2 5.5 68 5.7 7.9 206 29 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.3 7.09 6 750 2471 7.4 3.0 73 4.5 5.0 214 34 304.6 305.8 289.9 323.8 6.33 7 700 3035 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 218 35 305.8 306.8 289.5 322.4 5.42 8 650 3631 -1.0 -3.2 85 2.2 -2.1 221 33 307.8 308.7 289.4 322.2 4.64 9 600 4266 -4.4 -6.8 83 2.4 -5.4 215 33 311.0 311.8 289.7 323.1 3.83 10 550 4947 -8.0 -10.1 85 2.1 -8.8 203 39 314.6 315.2 290.3 325.0 3.23 11 500 5682 -12.3 -13.5 90 1.3 -12.8 195 42 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.9 2.69 12 450 6480 -17.4 -17.9 96 0.5 -17.5 195 45 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.5 2.09 13 400 7351 -23.7 -23.8 99 0.1 -23.7 198 47 324.2 324.4 291.5 329.0 1.40 14 350 8311 -31.2 -31.5 98 0.2 -31.3 191 48 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.4 0.78 15 300 9382 -40.4 -40.5 99 0.1 -40.4 189 51 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.37 16 250 10594 -51.2 -51.3 98 0.1 -51.2 193 56 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 17 200 12017 -57.4 -63.1 48 5.8 -57.5 217 89 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 13831 -57.2 -79.3 4 22.1 -57.5 231 63 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16378 -62.0 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.2 249 30 407.9 407.9 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.21 m Freezing level: 662.65 mb = 3480.17 m = 11417.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.72 mb = 3271.34 m = 10732.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.91 mb = 482.34 m = 1582.47 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 6.27 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1636.84 m = 5370.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 31.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.09 mb = 979.53 m = 3213.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.09 mb = 3022.08 m = 9914.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.09 mb = 5363.57 m = 17596.81 ft B at Equ Level: 62.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 381.09 mb = 7698.85 m = 25258.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.5 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 229.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 297.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 136.90 m/s