MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 41.48,-98.26 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -98.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 476 SFC 938 583 26.4 8.7 33 17.7 15.4 152 18 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.7 7.51 3 900 951 24.9 7.5 33 17.3 14.3 161 35 307.1 308.5 291.5 329.2 7.25 4 850 1448 20.4 6.4 40 14.0 12.0 168 42 307.5 308.9 291.5 329.2 7.09 5 800 1967 15.7 4.7 48 11.0 9.3 172 44 307.9 309.2 291.3 328.5 6.71 6 750 2510 10.7 3.1 59 7.7 6.4 176 44 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.7 6.37 7 700 3081 5.5 1.3 74 4.3 3.2 178 43 308.6 309.7 290.9 327.1 6.00 8 650 3681 0.5 -1.6 86 2.1 -0.5 181 43 309.6 310.5 290.5 325.8 5.25 9 600 4318 -4.3 -6.3 86 2.0 -5.2 190 41 311.2 311.9 289.9 323.8 3.99 10 550 5001 -7.3 -11.2 73 4.0 -8.8 204 35 315.5 316.0 290.3 325.0 2.95 11 500 5738 -11.6 -17.9 59 6.3 -13.6 200 33 318.9 319.3 290.3 325.2 1.87 12 450 6538 -16.6 -27.6 38 11.0 -19.1 192 33 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.5 0.88 13 400 7409 -23.9 -31.6 49 7.7 -25.3 206 39 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.68 14 350 8371 -30.6 -31.6 90 1.1 -30.7 208 49 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.3 0.77 15 300 9448 -38.2 -38.2 100 -0.0 -38.2 228 49 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.47 16 250 10677 -47.8 -50.9 71 3.0 -48.0 236 54 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12113 -57.2 -60.5 65 3.4 -57.3 233 61 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 13904 -61.5 -74.4 17 12.8 -61.7 246 49 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16438 -60.1 -84.5 3 24.4 -60.4 277 29 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.84 m Freezing level: 644.55 mb = 3750.84 m = 12305.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.77 mb = 3597.45 m = 11802.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.36 mb = 2809.25 m = 9216.60 ft T: 7.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.52 mb = 3333.28 m = 10935.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.96 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.75 mb = 3094.96 m = 10153.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.75 mb = 3634.77 m = 11924.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 513.75 mb = 5528.03 m = 18136.37 ft B at Equ Level: 48.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 343.75 mb = 8496.48 m = 27875.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.2 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 213.2 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 36.74 m/s