MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 41.16,-96.20 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -96.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 975 350 26.3 13.9 46 12.4 18.1 171 9 301.6 303.5 292.2 332.0 10.28 2 950 576 22.4 12.9 55 9.5 16.3 174 12 299.9 301.7 291.4 328.8 9.86 3 900 1043 17.8 11.8 68 6.0 14.0 179 12 299.9 301.6 291.3 328.4 9.71 4 850 1529 13.4 10.5 82 2.9 11.6 184 12 300.2 301.9 291.1 327.9 9.41 5 800 2038 11.2 4.7 64 6.5 7.5 195 11 303.1 304.3 289.7 323.1 6.68 6 750 2575 8.7 1.8 62 7.0 5.0 201 11 306.1 307.1 289.9 323.8 5.80 7 700 3143 5.4 1.3 75 4.1 3.2 204 14 308.4 309.6 290.9 327.0 6.02 8 650 3745 1.6 -4.2 66 5.8 -1.2 211 16 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.3 4.32 9 600 4385 -2.4 -7.8 66 5.4 -4.8 228 17 313.4 314.0 290.2 324.7 3.54 10 550 5071 -6.4 -12.0 65 5.6 -8.6 243 21 316.4 317.0 290.4 325.5 2.77 11 500 5810 -11.0 -15.8 68 4.8 -12.6 251 23 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.1 2.24 12 450 6611 -16.2 -19.7 74 3.5 -17.3 246 23 322.9 323.2 291.4 329.0 1.78 13 400 7487 -22.5 -25.2 78 2.8 -23.1 240 23 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.1 1.23 14 350 8454 -29.4 -33.4 68 4.0 -30.0 256 38 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.5 0.66 15 300 9532 -39.0 -44.3 58 5.2 -39.5 256 36 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.25 16 250 10753 -49.8 -53.8 62 4.1 -49.9 264 40 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12177 -59.2 -61.8 72 2.6 -59.3 260 37 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 18 150 13967 -61.3 -77.8 9 16.5 -61.4 248 30 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16469 -63.4 -83.5 5 20.1 -63.6 245 27 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.24 m Freezing level: 629.97 mb = 4001.08 m = 13126.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.29 mb = 3580.18 m = 11745.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.55 mb = 1896.70 m = 6222.70 ft T: 11.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2394.57 m = 7856.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 30.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5189.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.16 mb = 1808.31 m = 5932.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 16.80 m/s