MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-95.87 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 966 334 28.2 14.8 44 13.4 19.2 217 12 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.1 10.99 2 950 484 26.5 12.9 43 13.6 17.6 217 19 304.0 305.9 292.7 333.5 9.87 3 900 957 21.8 11.3 51 10.5 15.1 213 24 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.1 9.41 4 850 1449 17.2 10.0 63 7.2 12.7 209 26 304.2 305.9 292.1 331.5 9.13 5 800 1963 12.6 8.8 78 3.8 10.3 203 29 304.6 306.2 292.0 331.3 8.91 6 750 2501 8.1 6.9 92 1.3 7.3 199 33 305.4 306.9 291.8 330.4 8.32 7 700 3069 5.8 1.9 76 4.0 3.7 209 47 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.2 6.26 8 650 3672 1.4 0.3 92 1.1 0.8 214 52 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.3 6.02 9 600 4311 -3.8 -4.4 96 0.5 -4.1 217 53 311.7 312.5 290.6 326.2 4.61 10 550 4993 -7.3 -27.7 18 20.4 -12.4 219 47 315.4 315.6 288.1 317.9 0.71 11 500 5730 -11.4 -41.2 6 29.8 -16.4 221 46 319.1 319.2 288.7 319.9 0.21 12 450 6528 -17.3 -41.8 10 24.5 -20.9 219 51 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.22 13 400 7399 -23.7 -46.4 10 22.8 -26.2 219 56 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.15 14 350 8360 -30.8 -50.1 13 19.3 -32.4 213 60 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.11 15 300 9435 -39.3 -56.2 15 16.9 -40.2 216 64 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.06 16 250 10659 -47.6 -61.3 19 13.6 -48.1 221 71 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12109 -54.4 -68.2 17 13.8 -54.6 221 69 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13930 -59.6 -79.5 6 19.8 -59.9 224 70 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16427 -65.0 -83.6 6 18.6 -65.2 205 36 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.74 m Freezing level: 636.55 mb = 3844.16 m = 12611.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.47 mb = 3777.71 m = 12393.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.60 mb = 2019.63 m = 6626.00 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.87 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2365.61 m = 7761.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.37 mb = 2234.70 m = 7331.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.37 mb = 3312.64 m = 10868.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.37 mb = 9913.26 m = 32523.43 ft B at Equ Level: 411.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.37 mb = 12128.98 m = 39792.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.8 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 243.8 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 204.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 7.33 Bulk Shear: 56.50 m/s