MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 41.20,-99.81 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -26 1 950 413 SFC 909 801 26.3 10.5 37 15.8 16.2 148 17 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.5 8.80 3 900 885 24.9 9.8 38 15.1 15.4 152 23 307.2 308.8 292.5 332.9 8.47 4 850 1382 20.0 8.7 48 11.3 13.0 161 29 307.1 308.6 292.3 332.3 8.33 5 800 1901 15.1 7.7 61 7.4 10.6 170 30 307.3 308.8 292.4 332.4 8.28 6 750 2443 10.2 6.6 78 3.6 8.0 179 32 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.5 8.17 7 700 3014 6.3 3.6 83 2.7 4.8 188 37 309.5 310.8 292.1 331.3 7.10 8 650 3618 2.3 -0.1 84 2.4 1.0 193 45 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.7 5.83 9 600 4260 -2.5 -4.3 87 1.8 -3.4 193 57 313.2 314.1 291.1 327.9 4.63 10 550 4943 -7.7 -16.6 49 8.9 -10.7 196 53 315.0 315.3 289.1 321.3 1.90 11 500 5677 -12.8 -27.3 29 14.5 -16.3 199 52 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.2 0.81 12 450 6472 -18.5 -36.2 19 17.7 -21.4 200 53 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.39 13 400 7340 -24.4 -43.4 15 19.0 -26.7 201 55 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.21 14 350 8298 -31.7 -45.5 24 13.8 -33.0 197 56 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 15 300 9369 -39.5 -39.6 100 0.0 -39.5 196 63 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.2 0.41 16 250 10592 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.7 204 64 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12029 -57.0 -64.0 41 7.0 -57.1 223 63 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 13834 -58.2 -79.4 5 21.2 -58.4 223 45 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16370 -60.5 -84.3 3 23.7 -60.8 223 38 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.66 m Freezing level: 626.34 mb = 3921.64 m = 12866.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3761.80 m = 12341.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.49 mb = 2775.15 m = 9104.72 ft T: 7.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.36 mb = 3091.56 m = 10142.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.84 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 38.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 488.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.60 mb = 2796.90 m = 9176.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.60 mb = 3822.86 m = 12542.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.60 mb = 9986.70 m = 32764.36 ft B at Equ Level: 486.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.60 mb = 12566.35 m = 41227.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.1 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 220.1 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 4.91 Bulk Shear: 99.37 m/s