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: 40.39,-100.44 Latitude: 40.39 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 18 1 950 458 SFC 912 812 23.6 13.7 54 9.9 17.1 142 19 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.2 10.89 3 900 928 22.6 12.9 54 9.7 16.3 145 27 304.8 306.7 293.3 336.0 10.44 4 850 1422 18.0 11.6 66 6.4 13.9 153 34 305.0 306.9 293.2 335.5 10.16 5 800 1937 13.4 10.3 82 3.1 11.4 161 36 305.4 307.2 293.1 335.1 9.89 6 750 2478 9.6 8.9 96 0.6 9.2 169 37 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.0 9.61 7 700 3050 8.7 -0.2 54 8.9 3.9 187 44 312.1 313.2 291.5 329.0 5.40 8 650 3658 3.8 -3.3 60 7.1 0.3 191 50 313.3 314.2 291.1 327.8 4.61 9 600 4302 -1.2 -9.3 54 8.1 -4.7 190 55 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.9 3.14 10 550 4990 -5.9 -22.7 25 16.8 -10.9 191 55 317.1 317.3 289.0 320.9 1.12 11 500 5728 -11.1 -37.8 9 26.7 -16.1 200 57 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.29 12 450 6527 -17.0 -43.1 8 26.1 -20.8 204 65 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.6 0.19 13 400 7400 -23.0 -46.5 10 23.5 -25.7 204 69 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.15 14 350 8365 -29.6 -45.4 20 15.8 -31.2 206 70 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 15 300 9444 -38.7 -48.9 33 10.2 -39.4 208 71 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.15 16 250 10669 -48.3 -59.8 25 11.6 -48.6 216 73 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 12115 -53.9 -66.1 21 12.1 -54.2 222 57 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 13948 -57.4 -78.8 5 21.4 -57.7 221 40 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16461 -63.6 -83.4 5 19.8 -63.8 237 18 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.10 m Freezing level: 611.98 mb = 4147.99 m = 13608.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.42 mb = 3689.92 m = 12105.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.89 mb = 2054.47 m = 6740.30 ft T: 12.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.08 mb = 2421.16 m = 7943.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 543.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.48 mb = 2208.78 m = 7246.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.48 mb = 3916.13 m = 12848.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.48 mb = 10947.06 m = 35915.13 ft B at Equ Level: 529.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.48 mb = 12804.56 m = 42009.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.5 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 217.5 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 357.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 3.98 Bulk Shear: 136.43 m/s