MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 40.05,-95.71 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 969 324 26.1 16.1 54 10.0 19.4 187 17 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.4 11.99 2 950 491 23.6 14.8 58 8.9 17.8 190 26 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.2 11.20 3 900 960 19.2 13.8 71 5.4 15.7 195 29 301.3 303.3 292.7 333.9 11.06 4 850 1449 14.7 12.7 88 2.0 13.4 200 31 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.7 10.91 5 800 1961 14.1 6.4 60 7.7 9.6 213 38 306.2 307.6 291.5 329.2 7.58 6 750 2504 11.6 2.1 52 9.5 6.4 207 42 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.6 5.95 7 700 3077 7.0 1.4 68 5.6 3.9 205 45 310.2 311.4 291.5 329.0 6.06 8 650 3682 2.2 -2.3 72 4.5 -0.0 205 45 311.4 312.4 290.9 327.1 4.99 9 600 4322 -3.0 -6.3 78 3.3 -4.5 207 47 312.6 313.4 290.3 325.3 3.98 10 550 5005 -8.3 -11.5 78 3.2 -9.5 204 49 314.2 314.8 289.9 323.6 2.89 11 500 5738 -12.3 -23.1 40 10.8 -15.3 209 50 318.0 318.3 289.4 322.1 1.19 12 450 6537 -16.7 -30.7 29 14.0 -19.6 212 52 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.6 0.66 13 400 7411 -22.5 -36.8 26 14.3 -24.8 206 53 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.41 14 350 8376 -30.0 -42.8 28 12.8 -31.4 207 55 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.25 15 300 9454 -38.5 -46.8 41 8.3 -39.2 211 56 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.19 16 250 10681 -47.9 -54.2 48 6.3 -48.1 215 59 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.10 17 200 12126 -54.9 -66.2 23 11.3 -55.1 228 65 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 13943 -60.0 -79.5 6 19.5 -60.2 232 69 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16439 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.1 217 28 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.56 m Freezing level: 628.96 mb = 3951.17 m = 12963.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.49 mb = 3675.44 m = 12058.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.93 mb = 1579.90 m = 5183.33 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2582.65 m = 8473.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.99 mb = 1629.92 m = 5347.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.99 mb = 3594.31 m = 11792.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.99 mb = 10238.37 m = 33590.04 ft B at Equ Level: 481.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.99 mb = 12550.84 m = 41176.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 139.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 10.46 Bulk Shear: 46.21 m/s