MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 40.68,-99.67 Latitude: 40.68 Longitude: -99.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 1 950 456 SFC 919 749 31.1 5.7 20 25.4 15.6 167 22 311.6 312.8 292.0 331.0 6.23 3 900 935 28.0 4.5 22 23.5 14.1 169 34 310.3 311.5 291.3 328.6 5.87 4 850 1436 22.7 3.3 28 19.4 11.5 172 40 309.9 311.0 291.0 327.6 5.72 5 800 1958 17.5 2.3 36 15.2 8.9 173 42 309.8 310.9 290.9 327.3 5.64 6 750 2504 12.2 1.3 47 11.0 6.2 174 42 309.9 310.9 290.9 327.2 5.60 7 700 3076 6.8 0.2 63 6.6 3.3 174 41 310.0 311.0 290.9 327.2 5.53 8 650 3679 1.2 -1.4 83 2.5 -0.1 175 39 310.3 311.3 290.8 326.9 5.34 9 600 4318 -3.1 -5.8 81 2.7 -4.3 189 34 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.6 4.12 10 550 5003 -6.5 -9.1 81 2.7 -7.6 203 31 316.4 317.0 291.0 327.6 3.48 11 500 5742 -10.9 -15.2 70 4.3 -12.4 197 33 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.6 2.34 12 450 6543 -16.7 -23.3 57 6.5 -18.4 211 35 322.2 322.5 290.8 326.7 1.31 13 400 7418 -22.5 -31.6 43 9.1 -24.2 216 51 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.68 14 350 8383 -30.2 -41.3 33 11.2 -31.4 219 58 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.29 15 300 9459 -39.0 -46.7 44 7.7 -39.5 226 62 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.19 16 250 10685 -47.6 -52.5 57 4.9 -47.9 239 69 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.7 0.12 17 200 12129 -55.8 -65.4 29 9.6 -56.0 240 66 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13923 -62.4 -74.5 18 12.1 -62.5 251 55 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16442 -59.3 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.6 251 35 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.13 m Freezing level: 636.45 mb = 3852.49 m = 12639.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.45 mb = 3661.19 m = 12011.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 634.06 mb = 3877.53 m = 12721.40 ft T: -0.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 5.43 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.93 mb = 3955.04 m = 12975.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.57 C Cross Totals Index: 14.19 C K Index: 30.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5190.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 636.81 mb = 3842.97 m = 12608.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.8 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 214.8 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: -9.1 tot: 115.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 13.01 m/s