MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511130000F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511130000F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 25 NOV 25 Station: 42.6,-93.7 Latitude: 42.60 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -98 1 950 339 SFC 949 351 16.4 12.9 80 3.4 14.2 192 20 293.9 295.7 289.5 322.2 9.90 3 900 797 12.8 11.4 91 1.5 11.9 195 40 294.7 296.4 289.3 321.8 9.42 4 850 1275 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 197 48 295.9 297.4 288.9 320.5 8.50 5 800 1776 6.6 4.3 85 2.4 5.4 197 50 298.2 299.4 287.9 317.4 6.50 6 750 2304 4.3 -3.1 58 7.4 0.8 193 48 301.2 302.0 286.6 313.5 4.05 7 700 2862 1.2 -10.5 42 11.6 -3.4 192 43 303.8 304.2 285.8 311.5 2.46 8 650 3454 -2.5 -25.2 16 22.6 -8.6 197 45 306.1 306.2 284.8 308.6 0.76 9 600 4082 -8.3 -29.8 16 21.6 -13.0 200 46 306.6 306.7 284.7 308.4 0.54 10 550 4748 -14.4 -33.1 19 18.8 -17.7 203 46 307.0 307.1 284.7 308.5 0.43 11 500 5461 -21.0 -36.5 23 15.6 -23.2 208 52 307.5 307.5 284.8 308.6 0.33 12 450 6229 -26.7 -43.1 20 16.5 -28.3 205 72 309.7 309.7 285.5 310.4 0.19 13 400 7077 -27.6 -54.0 6 26.5 -29.6 195 113 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.4 0.06 14 350 8032 -30.5 -62.4 3 31.9 -32.4 195 127 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.02 15 300 9113 -36.9 -64.9 4 28.0 -38.1 192 114 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.02 16 250 10351 -46.4 -62.2 15 15.8 -46.9 177 116 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 11806 -52.2 -70.6 9 18.4 -52.5 200 88 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13639 -57.8 -79.6 5 21.8 -58.0 218 85 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16197 -57.3 -85.0 2 27.8 -57.7 226 33 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.30 m Freezing level: 684.35 mb = 3047.36 m = 9997.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.04 mb = 2411.98 m = 7913.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.46 % Est. max temperature: 20.69 C = 69.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.11 mb = 786.66 m = 2580.87 ft T: 12.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.85 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1096.37 m = 3596.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.88 C = 64.18 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 60.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 29.98 C K Index: 27.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 490.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.11 mb = 1022.11 m = 3353.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.11 mb = 1264.16 m = 4147.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.11 mb = 2183.63 m = 7164.06 ft B at Equ Level: 14.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.11 mb = 9317.14 m = 30567.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.6 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 229.6 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.2 neg: -60.8 tot: 133.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 12.22 Bulk Shear: 40.10 m/s