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: 41.56,-97.98 Latitude: 41.56 Longitude: -97.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 519 SFC 947 546 15.8 13.0 84 2.7 14.1 263 16 293.5 295.3 289.4 322.1 10.01 3 900 977 14.5 10.5 77 4.0 12.0 253 29 296.4 298.0 289.4 322.2 8.88 4 850 1460 12.7 9.1 79 3.5 10.6 228 26 299.4 301.0 290.2 324.7 8.59 5 800 1967 9.6 7.9 89 1.8 8.6 207 27 301.4 303.0 290.6 326.2 8.37 6 750 2501 6.4 6.1 98 0.4 6.2 189 35 303.5 305.0 290.9 327.1 7.87 7 700 3065 3.2 3.1 99 0.1 3.1 182 51 306.0 307.3 290.8 326.8 6.85 8 650 3662 -0.4 -0.4 99 0.1 -0.4 184 59 308.5 309.6 290.6 326.1 5.71 9 600 4300 -3.0 -3.2 98 0.2 -3.1 183 58 312.7 313.7 291.3 328.6 5.05 10 550 4985 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 183 51 315.9 316.7 291.4 328.9 4.02 11 500 5722 -12.2 -12.6 96 0.4 -12.3 184 47 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.7 2.89 12 450 6520 -17.0 -17.1 98 0.2 -17.0 190 49 321.9 322.4 291.5 329.4 2.22 13 400 7394 -22.8 -22.9 100 0.0 -22.8 199 52 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.6 1.52 14 350 8359 -30.2 -30.2 100 0.0 -30.2 205 56 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.88 15 300 9436 -39.0 -39.0 100 0.0 -38.9 208 63 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.44 16 250 10659 -49.2 -49.3 99 0.1 -49.2 216 74 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 12091 -56.4 -63.7 39 7.3 -56.5 230 64 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 13904 -58.5 -77.1 7 18.6 -58.7 255 38 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16444 -59.1 -84.6 2 25.6 -59.4 258 25 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.56 m Freezing level: 655.15 mb = 3600.39 m = 11812.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3593.32 m = 11788.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.04 % Est. max temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.06 mb = 891.84 m = 2925.96 ft T: 14.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.97 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2113.52 m = 6934.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 2.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6863.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.06 mb = 1468.81 m = 4818.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.1 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 221.1 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 8.6 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.5 neg: -62.8 tot: 94.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 210.80 m/s