MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-92.65 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 969 277 5.4 4.4 93 1.0 4.9 291 21 281.0 282.0 279.5 296.0 5.40 2 950 442 4.1 3.4 95 0.7 3.7 294 35 281.3 282.2 279.3 295.5 5.12 3 900 879 0.9 0.9 100 0.0 0.9 299 44 282.4 283.2 279.1 295.1 4.53 4 850 1336 -1.7 -1.7 99 0.1 -1.7 315 49 284.4 285.1 279.4 295.6 3.95 5 800 1818 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.3 309 35 288.7 289.4 281.4 300.3 4.01 6 750 2330 -3.5 -3.6 100 0.1 -3.6 303 33 292.7 293.4 283.1 304.2 3.91 7 700 2874 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.3 -6.0 305 32 296.0 296.6 283.9 306.3 3.44 8 650 3452 -8.2 -9.2 93 0.9 -8.6 309 33 299.6 300.2 284.8 308.6 2.93 9 600 4070 -11.6 -13.7 84 2.1 -12.3 308 30 302.7 303.1 285.2 309.6 2.21 10 550 4733 -14.4 -21.3 56 6.9 -16.2 303 31 307.0 307.3 285.8 311.2 1.27 11 500 5450 -19.1 -22.9 72 3.7 -20.0 294 27 309.7 309.9 286.6 313.7 1.21 12 450 6224 -25.1 -26.2 91 1.0 -25.3 294 27 311.7 311.9 287.1 315.0 1.00 13 400 7069 -31.1 -31.4 97 0.3 -31.2 285 24 314.5 314.6 287.7 316.9 0.69 14 350 8004 -36.9 -37.0 99 0.1 -36.9 234 19 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.6 0.46 15 300 9050 -46.1 -46.6 95 0.5 -46.1 219 21 320.4 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.19 16 250 10252 -46.2 -67.6 7 21.4 -46.7 267 20 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 17 200 11746 -43.8 -75.1 2 31.2 -44.7 260 16 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 18 150 13663 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 250 18 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.01 19 100 16299 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 252 17 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5427.80 m Freezing level: 882.31 mb = 1040.77 m = 3414.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 882.77 mb = 1033.69 m = 3391.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.26 % Est. max temperature: 11.31 C = 52.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.45 mb = 403.40 m = 1323.47 ft T: 4.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 0.85 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.99 mb = 763.09 m = 2503.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.50 C = 43.70 F Cap Strength: 11.99 C Lifted Index: 13.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.34 C Showalter Index: 12.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.47 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: 15.37 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.31 mb = 760.22 m = 2494.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.31 mb = 804.63 m = 2639.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 868.31 mb = 1165.77 m = 3824.67 ft B at Equ Level: 10.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 818.31 mb = 1638.41 m = 5375.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.3 neg: -67.8 tot: 146.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 3.60 m/s