MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 39.54,-97.45 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 957 434 28.3 12.7 38 15.7 18.1 170 14 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.4 9.66 2 950 494 28.7 12.4 37 16.3 18.0 172 19 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.1 9.56 3 900 971 24.8 11.2 42 13.7 16.0 176 30 307.1 308.8 293.1 335.2 9.29 4 850 1469 20.7 9.4 48 11.4 13.6 189 30 307.8 309.5 292.9 334.3 8.71 5 800 1989 16.7 7.7 55 9.0 11.2 211 30 308.9 310.5 292.8 334.1 8.25 6 750 2535 12.1 6.1 66 6.1 8.5 230 31 309.8 311.2 292.8 333.9 7.88 7 700 3109 7.1 3.9 80 3.3 5.2 238 30 310.4 311.7 292.4 332.7 7.23 8 650 3714 3.2 -1.5 72 4.6 0.8 237 32 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.2 5.29 9 600 4359 -1.3 -5.6 72 4.4 -3.3 236 32 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.0 4.19 10 550 5046 -6.4 -7.8 90 1.4 -7.0 235 37 316.5 317.3 291.5 329.0 3.87 11 500 5784 -11.6 -13.5 86 1.9 -12.3 232 45 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.9 2.70 12 450 6584 -17.0 -18.4 89 1.3 -17.4 223 43 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.6 2.00 13 400 7456 -23.5 -25.7 82 2.2 -24.0 221 42 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.6 1.18 14 350 8419 -29.9 -35.7 57 5.8 -30.7 224 51 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.52 15 300 9499 -38.1 -47.9 35 9.9 -38.8 228 57 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.17 16 250 10725 -48.8 -53.1 61 4.3 -49.0 216 59 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 17 200 12163 -54.6 -63.9 31 9.3 -54.8 234 46 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 13982 -58.7 -78.1 7 19.4 -58.9 241 53 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16491 -63.8 -83.4 5 19.5 -64.0 254 19 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.27 m Freezing level: 614.24 mb = 4175.03 m = 13697.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.47 mb = 3833.11 m = 12575.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.93 mb = 2412.88 m = 7916.19 ft T: 13.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 7.15 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3071.94 m = 10078.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 38.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.97 mb = 2680.94 m = 8795.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.97 mb = 3940.66 m = 12928.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.97 mb = 10934.86 m = 35875.10 ft B at Equ Level: 483.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.97 mb = 12760.35 m = 41864.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 5.69 Bulk Shear: 86.39 m/s