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: 39.19,-99.21 Latitude: 39.19 Longitude: -99.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 484 SFC 937 599 22.2 12.8 55 9.4 16.1 230 2 300.8 302.6 291.7 330.1 9.95 3 900 952 20.8 10.3 51 10.5 14.3 186 13 302.9 304.6 291.5 329.1 8.79 4 850 1445 18.6 7.7 49 10.9 12.0 185 29 305.6 307.0 291.5 329.0 7.77 5 800 1962 14.8 5.6 54 9.3 9.4 187 38 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.7 7.13 6 750 2504 10.6 3.6 62 7.0 6.6 192 44 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.4 6.62 7 700 3075 6.0 2.0 76 4.0 3.8 200 47 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.6 6.33 8 650 3677 1.3 0.1 92 1.2 0.7 210 50 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.9 5.94 9 600 4318 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.9 218 51 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.1 5.05 10 550 5003 -6.4 -7.3 93 0.9 -6.8 223 51 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.5 4.03 11 500 5742 -10.7 -11.8 92 1.1 -11.1 227 53 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.2 3.10 12 450 6545 -15.5 -15.8 97 0.4 -15.6 235 55 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.2 2.47 13 400 7423 -21.4 -21.5 99 0.1 -21.5 244 58 327.1 327.5 292.6 333.1 1.71 14 350 8395 -28.5 -29.4 92 0.9 -28.6 248 58 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.8 0.96 15 300 9478 -37.6 -40.0 78 2.4 -37.8 249 56 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.9 0.39 16 250 10709 -47.5 -53.3 51 5.8 -47.7 240 44 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12153 -55.9 -66.8 25 10.9 -56.1 243 45 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 13953 -60.5 -78.1 8 17.6 -60.7 262 71 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16483 -63.3 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.4 232 20 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.53 m Freezing level: 632.62 mb = 3899.79 m = 12794.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.55 mb = 3794.41 m = 12448.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.38 mb = 1788.80 m = 5868.70 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 1.73 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.10 mb = 3026.42 m = 9929.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5049.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.82 mb = 2394.72 m = 7856.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 5.1 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 438.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 438.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 161.14 m/s