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: 40.39,-95.32 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 969 312 26.5 16.8 55 9.7 19.9 166 13 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.3 12.50 2 950 489 24.8 15.2 55 9.6 18.4 171 22 302.4 304.5 293.4 336.5 11.52 3 900 961 21.4 13.4 60 8.0 16.1 189 28 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.7 10.80 4 850 1453 17.1 11.9 72 5.2 13.7 199 30 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.9 10.35 5 800 1967 12.5 10.4 87 2.2 11.2 206 31 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.2 9.92 6 750 2506 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 212 34 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.2 9.07 7 700 3074 5.6 3.3 85 2.3 4.3 216 47 308.7 310.0 291.7 330.0 6.95 8 650 3677 1.7 -0.6 85 2.3 0.5 216 50 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.4 5.64 9 600 4317 -3.5 -4.7 91 1.2 -4.1 218 49 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.3 4.49 10 550 4999 -8.0 -22.1 31 14.1 -12.1 220 46 314.6 314.8 288.3 318.6 1.18 11 500 5735 -11.0 -34.1 13 23.1 -15.8 222 49 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.1 0.43 12 450 6535 -16.3 -33.9 21 17.5 -19.7 217 53 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.5 0.49 13 400 7410 -22.7 -39.1 21 16.5 -25.1 215 56 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.32 14 350 8375 -30.1 -42.7 28 12.6 -31.5 207 56 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.25 15 300 9452 -38.8 -49.9 30 11.1 -39.5 208 59 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 16 250 10677 -48.0 -58.7 28 10.7 -48.4 217 65 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12123 -55.0 -67.6 20 12.6 -55.2 224 67 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13941 -60.1 -79.3 6 19.2 -60.3 227 68 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16433 -65.0 -83.5 6 18.5 -65.2 208 34 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.54 m Freezing level: 633.82 mb = 3884.40 m = 12743.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.62 mb = 3743.79 m = 12282.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.23 mb = 1541.05 m = 5055.87 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 20.66 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2044.97 m = 6709.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 37.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 782.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.26 mb = 1848.68 m = 6065.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.26 mb = 2326.96 m = 7634.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.26 mb = 10774.73 m = 35349.74 ft B at Equ Level: 782.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.26 mb = 13291.04 m = 43605.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 258.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 8.03 Bulk Shear: 97.44 m/s