MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 39.13,-100.09 Latitude: 39.13 Longitude: -100.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 1 950 424 SFC 914 765 26.8 9.2 33 17.6 15.7 173 21 307.8 309.3 292.3 332.1 7.99 3 900 898 26.7 8.9 33 17.8 15.5 175 34 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.4 7.96 4 850 1400 23.9 7.2 34 16.7 13.6 188 45 311.2 312.6 292.9 334.3 7.50 5 800 1927 21.2 4.2 33 17.0 11.2 206 49 313.8 315.0 292.8 334.1 6.47 6 750 2481 16.7 2.8 39 14.0 8.7 216 52 314.8 316.0 292.9 334.4 6.23 7 700 3064 11.9 0.4 45 11.5 5.6 227 46 315.7 316.8 292.7 333.6 5.63 8 650 3678 6.6 -2.9 51 9.5 1.8 234 38 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.7 4.77 9 600 4328 0.5 -5.0 66 5.5 -2.1 238 35 316.7 317.5 291.9 330.8 4.39 10 550 5019 -5.9 -7.6 88 1.7 -6.7 245 30 317.1 317.9 291.7 329.8 3.94 11 500 5760 -9.7 -19.0 46 9.4 -12.7 237 31 321.2 321.6 290.9 327.0 1.70 12 450 6565 -14.9 -30.9 24 16.0 -18.4 230 40 324.5 324.7 290.8 326.8 0.64 13 400 7444 -22.0 -36.4 26 14.4 -24.4 232 45 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.43 14 350 8409 -30.4 -40.9 35 10.5 -31.6 230 47 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.30 15 300 9483 -39.7 -46.8 47 7.0 -40.2 223 51 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.19 16 250 10702 -49.9 -53.6 65 3.7 -50.0 231 59 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.10 17 200 12130 -58.0 -64.0 46 6.0 -58.1 232 61 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13923 -59.6 -76.0 10 16.4 -59.8 241 53 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16432 -63.0 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 253 34 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.11 m Freezing level: 596.23 mb = 4380.27 m = 14370.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.36 mb = 3966.12 m = 13012.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.22 mb = 3000.89 m = 9845.32 ft T: 12.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 7.54 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.19 mb = 4098.90 m = 13447.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.41 C = 95.73 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.59 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.56 C Cross Totals Index: 16.86 C K Index: 29.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 350.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.57 mb = 3432.13 m = 11260.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.57 mb = 4811.13 m = 15784.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.57 mb = 11109.73 m = 36448.80 ft B at Equ Level: 268.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.57 mb = 12630.41 m = 41437.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 522.7 neg: -6.2 tot: 516.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 2.70 Bulk Shear: 102.64 m/s