MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 40.27,-92.83 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -92.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 987 282 14.6 14.0 96 0.7 14.3 44 4 288.9 290.7 287.9 317.5 10.20 2 950 606 13.4 13.1 98 0.4 13.2 84 10 290.8 292.6 288.5 319.1 10.01 3 900 1062 12.5 12.1 98 0.4 12.3 156 9 294.4 296.1 289.6 322.8 9.90 4 850 1541 10.5 9.4 93 1.0 9.9 187 13 297.1 298.7 289.6 322.6 8.77 5 800 2045 8.1 6.8 91 1.4 7.3 188 19 299.8 301.2 289.6 322.7 7.75 6 750 2576 5.2 4.1 92 1.1 4.6 188 23 302.2 303.5 289.6 322.7 6.85 7 700 3137 2.0 1.6 98 0.3 1.8 182 25 304.7 305.8 289.8 323.4 6.17 8 650 3732 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.3 175 20 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.1 5.34 9 600 4370 -2.4 -9.4 59 6.9 -5.3 144 16 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.4 3.14 10 550 5055 -6.8 -13.1 61 6.3 -9.2 160 16 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.3 2.54 11 500 5793 -11.3 -17.0 63 5.7 -13.2 173 23 319.3 319.7 290.6 326.0 2.02 12 450 6593 -16.7 -21.7 65 5.1 -18.1 170 25 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.4 1.49 13 400 7468 -22.4 -27.5 63 5.0 -23.5 164 13 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.4 1.00 14 350 8434 -30.0 -33.8 69 3.8 -30.6 175 15 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.63 15 300 9511 -39.2 -40.9 84 1.7 -39.4 177 16 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.36 16 250 10730 -49.9 -50.1 98 0.2 -50.0 199 30 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 17 200 12159 -57.8 -60.7 70 2.9 -57.9 227 41 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 18 150 13954 -60.5 -76.4 11 15.9 -60.6 202 28 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16469 -62.8 -83.6 4 20.8 -63.0 233 17 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.69 m Freezing level: 668.38 mb = 3513.14 m = 11525.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.63 mb = 3480.94 m = 11420.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.07 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.31 mb = 366.84 m = 1203.53 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 0.15 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1164.64 m = 3820.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.71 C = 69.27 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 4.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 30.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7144.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.86 mb = 787.03 m = 2582.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.9 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 200.9 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.0 neg: -9.0 tot: 63.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 49.17 m/s