MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-99.49 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -30 1 950 410 SFC 919 701 24.3 13.3 50 11.0 17.1 143 20 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.1 10.50 3 900 882 23.6 12.8 51 10.8 16.5 148 33 305.8 307.8 293.6 337.0 10.36 4 850 1378 19.9 11.3 58 8.6 14.4 160 42 307.0 308.9 293.6 337.0 9.93 5 800 1898 16.4 8.3 59 8.1 11.4 178 43 308.7 310.3 293.0 335.0 8.64 6 750 2444 12.9 3.3 52 9.6 7.4 198 43 310.5 311.8 291.9 330.6 6.49 7 700 3019 7.9 -1.5 51 9.4 3.1 206 46 311.3 312.2 290.7 326.6 4.91 8 650 3624 2.4 -4.9 58 7.3 -1.0 214 47 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.6 4.08 9 600 4264 -3.7 -7.5 75 3.9 -5.3 216 50 311.9 312.6 289.8 323.4 3.62 10 550 4946 -7.2 -28.5 16 21.3 -12.5 212 49 315.5 315.7 288.1 317.8 0.66 11 500 5682 -11.7 -38.5 9 26.8 -16.5 204 48 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.8 0.27 12 450 6479 -17.6 -41.6 10 23.9 -21.2 198 52 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.22 13 400 7349 -24.0 -37.7 27 13.7 -26.1 199 61 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.37 14 350 8309 -30.7 -38.6 46 7.9 -31.7 206 61 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.39 15 300 9390 -37.7 -45.1 46 7.4 -38.3 213 59 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.23 16 250 10617 -48.4 -49.6 87 1.2 -48.4 203 55 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.17 17 200 12059 -54.8 -66.3 23 11.5 -55.0 209 54 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 13875 -60.7 -76.7 10 16.0 -60.9 236 41 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16380 -61.5 -84.1 3 22.5 -61.8 236 49 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.79 m Freezing level: 630.13 mb = 3878.86 m = 12725.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.62 mb = 3467.45 m = 11376.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.08 mb = 2089.92 m = 6856.61 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 19.16 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.64 mb = 2940.43 m = 9646.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 884.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.60 mb = 2403.93 m = 7886.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.60 mb = 3394.03 m = 11135.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.60 mb = 10918.44 m = 35821.22 ft B at Equ Level: 880.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.60 mb = 13522.90 m = 44365.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 45.9 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 503.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 503.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 5.47 Bulk Shear: 161.73 m/s