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: 41.22,-93.15 Latitude: 41.22 Longitude: -93.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 971 275 19.5 15.9 80 3.5 17.1 149 13 295.0 297.2 291.4 328.9 11.80 2 950 467 18.1 15.0 82 3.1 16.1 151 22 295.5 297.6 291.2 328.1 11.33 3 900 928 14.1 13.7 98 0.4 13.8 157 28 296.0 298.0 291.0 327.7 11.00 4 850 1409 11.8 11.8 100 0.0 11.8 174 31 298.5 300.4 291.3 328.5 10.28 5 800 1916 10.9 8.1 83 2.8 9.2 198 35 302.7 304.3 291.2 328.0 8.48 6 750 2453 8.0 3.7 74 4.3 5.6 201 38 305.3 306.5 290.4 325.5 6.67 7 700 3018 3.9 -0.2 75 4.1 1.8 205 37 306.8 307.8 289.8 323.3 5.40 8 650 3616 -0.3 -6.4 64 6.1 -3.0 210 35 308.6 309.3 288.8 320.0 3.64 9 600 4251 -5.1 -10.8 64 5.8 -7.3 207 32 310.3 310.8 288.5 319.2 2.79 10 550 4930 -9.1 -14.7 64 5.6 -11.1 195 35 313.2 313.7 288.9 320.5 2.22 11 500 5661 -13.1 -16.7 75 3.6 -14.3 195 41 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.0 2.08 12 450 6456 -18.5 -20.9 82 2.3 -19.2 199 46 319.9 320.3 290.4 325.4 1.61 13 400 7323 -24.9 -26.2 89 1.3 -25.1 196 51 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.6 1.13 14 350 8280 -32.2 -33.3 90 1.1 -32.3 189 57 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.8 0.66 15 300 9347 -41.3 -41.7 96 0.4 -41.3 189 63 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.33 16 250 10558 -50.7 -51.7 89 1.0 -50.8 197 76 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.13 17 200 11987 -57.0 -61.5 56 4.5 -57.1 211 93 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 13809 -56.3 -79.7 4 23.4 -56.6 227 62 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16362 -59.9 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.2 254 32 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.84 m Freezing level: 654.00 mb = 3568.58 m = 11707.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.50 mb = 3234.55 m = 10611.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.15 mb = 720.35 m = 2363.33 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.32 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 993.58 m = 3259.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.76 C = 69.36 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 32.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.34 mb = 943.07 m = 3094.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.34 mb = 3212.80 m = 10540.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.34 mb = 8617.61 m = 28272.64 ft B at Equ Level: 186.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.34 mb = 11280.06 m = 37007.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.8 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 224.8 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 259.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 74.73 m/s