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: 41.40,-100.91 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -33 1 950 405 2 900 871 SFC 890 968 23.0 9.6 42 13.4 14.6 186 1 306.2 307.7 292.2 331.6 8.43 4 850 1366 19.6 7.9 47 11.7 12.5 150 8 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.6 7.90 5 800 1885 15.8 6.4 54 9.4 10.2 164 20 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.1 7.57 6 750 2429 11.1 4.6 64 6.5 7.3 168 26 308.7 310.0 291.9 330.5 7.11 7 700 3000 5.9 2.9 81 3.0 4.2 170 31 309.0 310.3 291.6 329.7 6.73 8 650 3602 0.9 -0.7 89 1.6 0.1 174 35 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.4 5.62 9 600 4240 -4.1 -7.9 75 3.7 -5.7 184 41 311.3 312.0 289.5 322.5 3.53 10 550 4920 -8.9 -21.1 37 12.2 -12.5 189 49 313.5 313.7 288.0 317.8 1.29 11 500 5650 -13.9 -29.6 25 15.7 -17.3 190 52 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.4 0.66 12 450 6441 -19.4 -34.7 25 15.3 -22.0 192 52 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.4 0.45 13 400 7305 -25.4 -40.5 23 15.1 -27.3 195 56 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.0 0.28 14 350 8259 -32.7 -41.4 42 8.7 -33.6 194 62 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.29 15 300 9327 -40.1 -40.7 94 0.6 -40.1 200 70 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.37 16 250 10548 -47.5 -57.8 30 10.3 -47.9 211 68 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.06 17 200 11997 -55.0 -66.7 22 11.8 -55.2 229 61 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13814 -58.2 -79.5 5 21.3 -58.5 224 43 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16353 -59.9 -84.5 3 24.6 -60.2 221 39 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.04 m Freezing level: 640.80 mb = 3719.54 m = 12203.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.83 mb = 3616.58 m = 11865.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.80 mb = 2655.08 m = 8710.80 ft T: 9.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.16 mb = 3127.00 m = 10259.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 547.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.23 mb = 2880.15 m = 9449.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.23 mb = 3414.15 m = 11201.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.23 mb = 9665.18 m = 31709.52 ft B at Equ Level: 541.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.23 mb = 12149.81 m = 39861.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.5 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 213.5 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 236.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 3.98 Bulk Shear: 137.53 m/s