MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 39.92,-100.44 Latitude: 39.92 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 453 SFC 913 804 26.3 13.0 44 13.3 17.5 148 20 307.3 309.3 294.0 338.7 10.36 3 900 926 24.5 12.0 46 12.5 16.4 152 29 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.4 9.82 4 850 1422 19.6 10.8 57 8.8 14.0 158 34 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.6 9.60 5 800 1940 14.7 9.8 72 4.9 11.6 163 34 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.7 9.54 6 750 2482 10.0 8.1 87 2.0 8.8 172 35 307.5 309.2 293.0 334.9 9.05 7 700 3056 8.5 1.1 60 7.4 4.4 196 43 311.9 313.0 291.8 330.3 5.91 8 650 3664 3.7 -3.5 59 7.2 0.1 200 48 313.2 314.0 291.0 327.6 4.56 9 600 4308 -1.4 -9.2 55 7.9 -4.7 197 52 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.8 3.17 10 550 4994 -6.4 -18.9 36 12.6 -10.4 194 54 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.8 1.55 11 500 5732 -11.2 -35.9 11 24.7 -16.0 201 57 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.7 0.36 12 450 6531 -16.9 -42.3 9 25.4 -20.7 205 64 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.20 13 400 7404 -23.1 -45.3 11 22.2 -25.7 205 68 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.17 14 350 8369 -29.7 -43.8 24 14.1 -31.2 207 70 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.23 15 300 9447 -38.8 -47.7 38 9.0 -39.4 210 71 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17 16 250 10673 -48.0 -59.8 24 11.8 -48.4 217 71 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12124 -53.0 -67.5 16 14.5 -53.3 224 55 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 13959 -58.1 -78.8 5 20.7 -58.3 226 40 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16465 -63.8 -83.3 5 19.5 -64.0 242 22 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.90 m Freezing level: 613.46 mb = 4134.23 m = 13563.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.59 mb = 3680.96 m = 12076.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.25 C = 79.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.33 mb = 2467.45 m = 8095.20 ft T: 10.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.04 mb = 3125.92 m = 10255.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 612.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.60 mb = 2520.11 m = 8267.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.60 mb = 3894.56 m = 12777.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.60 mb = 10894.72 m = 35743.40 ft B at Equ Level: 601.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.60 mb = 12739.40 m = 41795.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 305.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 5.14 Bulk Shear: 119.17 m/s