MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 40.37,-98.53 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 544 SFC 945 590 18.8 9.5 55 9.3 13.3 162 12 296.7 298.2 288.7 319.8 7.93 3 900 1010 21.1 7.3 41 13.8 12.9 185 38 303.3 304.6 290.2 324.7 7.16 4 850 1504 20.7 5.9 38 14.8 11.9 192 36 307.8 309.1 291.3 328.7 6.84 5 800 2025 17.5 4.1 41 13.4 9.7 204 31 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.5 6.41 6 750 2573 14.2 1.5 42 12.8 7.1 218 26 312.0 313.1 291.6 329.8 5.68 7 700 3151 9.8 1.8 57 8.1 5.4 219 15 313.4 314.6 292.5 332.9 6.22 8 650 3761 4.1 0.5 77 3.7 2.2 203 9 313.7 314.8 292.4 332.8 6.10 9 600 4408 0.8 -13.3 34 14.1 -4.8 188 9 317.1 317.5 290.2 324.6 2.28 10 550 5102 -2.5 -23.9 18 21.4 -9.0 207 10 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.6 1.01 11 500 5852 -6.7 -29.2 15 22.5 -12.5 229 11 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.68 12 450 6666 -12.4 -33.8 15 21.3 -17.0 253 18 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.4 0.49 13 400 7552 -19.7 -38.0 18 18.3 -22.8 253 23 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.36 14 350 8527 -27.7 -42.4 23 14.8 -29.5 253 28 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.26 15 300 9616 -35.2 -50.9 19 15.7 -36.4 263 31 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.12 16 250 10864 -43.6 -58.3 18 14.7 -44.2 271 33 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.06 17 200 12330 -54.1 -62.9 33 8.9 -54.2 275 33 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14126 -65.5 -71.4 44 5.9 -65.5 267 35 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16549 -68.2 -82.9 11 14.6 -68.3 253 23 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.93 m Freezing level: 587.75 mb = 4577.95 m = 15019.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.46 mb = 3956.77 m = 12981.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.97 mb = 1781.88 m = 5845.98 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 618.95 mb = 4156.71 m = 13637.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.51 C = 99.52 F Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lifted Index: 7.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.42 C Showalter Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 12.53 C K Index: 25.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7433.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.07 mb = 2741.52 m = 8994.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.2 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 235.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.6 neg: -16.9 tot: 199.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 21.67 m/s