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: 40.86,-95.4 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 967 330 23.2 16.9 68 6.3 18.9 139 14 299.2 301.5 293.3 336.0 12.62 2 950 487 21.8 15.8 68 6.1 17.8 144 22 299.3 301.5 292.9 334.2 11.93 3 900 955 20.0 14.0 69 5.9 16.1 181 27 302.1 304.1 293.2 335.4 11.26 4 850 1446 16.7 11.9 73 4.8 13.7 199 32 303.6 305.6 292.9 334.5 10.37 5 800 1959 12.1 10.4 89 1.8 11.0 205 35 304.1 305.9 292.7 333.7 9.93 6 750 2497 8.2 7.8 97 0.4 8.0 209 38 305.5 307.2 292.3 332.4 8.92 7 700 3065 5.7 0.3 68 5.4 2.9 215 49 308.8 309.9 290.6 326.1 5.60 8 650 3668 1.8 -0.9 82 2.7 0.4 216 54 311.0 312.0 291.2 328.2 5.52 9 600 4307 -3.7 -7.0 78 3.3 -5.1 218 54 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.8 3.77 10 550 4990 -7.2 -25.4 22 18.2 -12.1 217 50 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.6 0.88 11 500 5727 -11.0 -36.8 10 25.9 -15.9 219 51 319.7 319.7 289.0 320.8 0.32 12 450 6527 -16.4 -38.0 14 21.6 -20.1 217 56 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.8 0.32 13 400 7401 -22.9 -41.1 17 18.2 -25.4 214 59 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.26 14 350 8365 -30.2 -44.7 23 14.5 -31.7 206 60 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.20 15 300 9442 -38.7 -51.3 25 12.6 -39.5 207 63 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.11 16 250 10667 -48.1 -58.8 28 10.7 -48.4 214 66 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12113 -55.1 -67.6 20 12.5 -55.3 220 65 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 13932 -59.8 -79.3 6 19.6 -60.0 224 67 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16425 -64.7 -83.6 6 18.9 -64.9 207 36 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.53 m Freezing level: 633.76 mb = 3875.70 m = 12715.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.63 mb = 3709.55 m = 12170.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.86 mb = 1129.64 m = 3706.11 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.57 mb = 1900.56 m = 6235.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.20 mb = 1544.09 m = 5065.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.20 mb = 2330.16 m = 7644.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.20 mb = 10528.81 m = 34542.92 ft B at Equ Level: 584.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.20 mb = 12950.08 m = 42486.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.28 Bulk Shear: 178.21 m/s