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: 41.94,-96.03 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 965 342 23.1 16.7 67 6.4 18.8 153 14 299.3 301.5 293.2 335.6 12.45 2 950 477 21.6 15.5 68 6.1 17.5 157 23 299.1 301.3 292.6 333.4 11.74 3 900 943 17.9 14.1 78 3.8 15.4 170 28 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.2 11.33 4 850 1430 14.3 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 188 33 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.52 5 800 1940 10.7 9.7 94 1.0 10.1 200 36 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.8 9.51 6 750 2476 7.2 6.1 93 1.1 6.6 206 39 304.4 305.9 291.2 328.2 7.90 7 700 3041 4.2 -2.2 63 6.4 1.0 210 50 307.1 308.0 289.2 321.4 4.64 8 650 3641 0.8 -2.7 78 3.5 -0.9 208 64 309.8 310.8 290.2 324.9 4.83 9 600 4278 -4.3 -8.1 75 3.8 -5.9 207 66 311.1 311.8 289.4 322.2 3.47 10 550 4960 -6.6 -27.1 18 20.5 -11.9 210 59 316.2 316.4 288.3 318.8 0.75 11 500 5698 -11.4 -34.5 13 23.2 -16.0 215 62 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.7 0.41 12 450 6496 -17.4 -38.5 14 21.1 -20.8 212 65 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.31 13 400 7367 -23.8 -43.5 15 19.7 -26.2 211 66 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.20 14 350 8327 -31.2 -49.1 15 17.9 -32.7 207 68 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.13 15 300 9400 -39.5 -54.7 18 15.2 -40.4 207 67 329.6 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.08 16 250 10624 -47.8 -58.0 30 10.2 -48.1 208 68 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.06 17 200 12069 -55.7 -67.0 23 11.3 -55.9 213 63 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13886 -57.6 -78.6 5 21.0 -57.9 217 69 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16403 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 198 42 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.60 m Freezing level: 642.30 mb = 3738.72 m = 12265.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.73 mb = 3350.39 m = 10991.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.99 mb = 1154.34 m = 3787.17 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1598.36 m = 5243.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 559.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.90 mb = 1381.51 m = 4532.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.90 mb = 1941.44 m = 6369.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.90 mb = 10109.66 m = 33167.76 ft B at Equ Level: 555.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.90 mb = 12737.75 m = 41790.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 366.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 3.07 Bulk Shear: 182.09 m/s