MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 41.56,-96.99 Latitude: 41.56 Longitude: -96.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 959 435 26.4 13.8 46 12.6 18.1 204 9 303.2 305.1 292.8 334.1 10.39 2 950 514 24.8 13.0 48 11.8 17.2 203 12 302.4 304.2 292.3 332.0 9.98 3 900 985 20.2 12.1 60 8.1 15.0 200 14 302.3 304.1 292.2 331.6 9.90 4 850 1474 15.7 10.9 73 4.8 12.7 201 14 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.2 9.65 5 800 1986 11.5 9.2 86 2.3 10.1 210 13 303.4 305.1 291.9 330.7 9.18 6 750 2524 9.3 4.8 73 4.6 6.7 232 18 306.7 308.1 291.3 328.6 7.18 7 700 3093 5.8 1.6 74 4.3 3.5 223 27 309.0 310.1 291.1 327.8 6.13 8 650 3697 2.5 -2.0 72 4.6 0.3 210 37 311.8 312.8 291.1 327.8 5.07 9 600 4339 -2.2 -3.9 89 1.6 -3.0 205 47 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.7 4.79 10 550 5025 -6.8 -7.5 95 0.7 -7.1 205 47 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.8 3.96 11 500 5763 -11.1 -12.0 93 1.0 -11.5 211 40 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.6 3.04 12 450 6564 -16.6 -20.4 72 3.8 -17.7 211 39 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.1 1.67 13 400 7438 -23.1 -24.5 89 1.4 -23.4 211 37 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.5 1.32 14 350 8401 -30.6 -30.7 99 0.1 -30.6 208 33 327.5 327.6 291.9 330.5 0.85 15 300 9474 -39.8 -41.2 86 1.4 -39.9 207 39 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.35 16 250 10691 -50.3 -50.3 100 0.0 -50.3 204 45 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 17 200 12119 -57.7 -61.3 64 3.5 -57.8 215 47 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 13933 -57.6 -78.7 5 21.1 -57.9 246 40 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16447 -63.4 -83.7 5 20.3 -63.6 264 28 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.89 m Freezing level: 623.41 mb = 4038.63 m = 13249.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.13 mb = 3744.80 m = 12285.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.00 mb = 2017.15 m = 6617.86 ft T: 11.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.32 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.39 mb = 2519.70 m = 8266.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 181.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.14 mb = 2015.69 m = 6613.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.14 mb = 4178.59 m = 13709.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.14 mb = 10634.31 m = 34889.05 ft B at Equ Level: 179.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.14 mb = 12051.12 m = 39537.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 44.33 m/s