MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 38.87,-101.42 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -101.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 465 2 900 929 SFC 892 1010 19.5 10.2 55 9.3 13.7 309 7 302.4 304.1 291.3 328.7 8.82 4 850 1421 20.0 7.1 43 12.9 12.2 306 11 307.1 308.5 291.7 329.8 7.46 5 800 1942 18.4 -2.8 24 21.2 7.5 277 13 310.8 311.5 289.7 323.0 3.89 6 750 2490 14.1 -8.3 20 22.4 3.8 270 16 311.8 312.4 288.9 320.6 2.72 7 700 3066 9.1 -13.3 19 22.4 -0.0 265 18 312.5 312.9 288.4 318.9 1.95 8 650 3672 3.7 -17.3 20 21.0 -3.9 254 22 313.1 313.4 288.1 318.1 1.51 9 600 4315 -2.2 -18.3 28 16.1 -7.6 242 27 313.6 313.9 288.3 318.6 1.51 10 550 4997 -8.3 -18.9 42 10.6 -11.6 233 35 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.4 1.56 11 500 5728 -14.5 -18.8 70 4.3 -15.8 227 51 315.4 315.7 289.1 321.1 1.73 12 450 6517 -20.7 -21.3 95 0.6 -20.8 226 58 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.5 1.55 13 400 7376 -26.2 -40.2 25 14.1 -27.9 247 56 321.0 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.29 14 350 8338 -28.9 -46.7 16 17.8 -30.7 266 94 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.16 15 300 9420 -37.7 -49.8 27 12.1 -38.5 268 93 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.13 16 250 10654 -45.5 -61.3 15 15.9 -46.0 272 81 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 12130 -48.6 -72.4 5 23.8 -49.1 274 60 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13992 -56.3 -80.4 3 24.1 -56.6 267 45 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16486 -67.0 -83.2 8 16.2 -67.1 275 30 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.31 m Freezing level: 618.71 mb = 4074.32 m = 13367.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.51 mb = 3059.44 m = 10037.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.82 mb = 2191.42 m = 7189.60 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 11.74 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.80 mb = 3989.62 m = 13089.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.58 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 19.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 215.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 339.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.43 mb = 3333.90 m = 10937.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.43 mb = 4822.07 m = 15820.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 382.43 mb = 7699.37 m = 25260.10 ft B at Equ Level: 213.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.43 mb = 9363.55 m = 30719.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -10.9 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 105.51 m/s