MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 39.51,-99.97 Latitude: 39.51 Longitude: -99.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 1 950 448 SFC 919 738 25.1 13.7 49 11.4 17.5 139 21 305.5 307.5 293.8 337.9 10.78 3 900 921 24.0 13.3 51 10.8 16.9 141 35 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.5 10.70 4 850 1417 19.5 12.3 63 7.2 14.8 147 42 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.5 10.60 5 800 1936 16.0 9.8 67 6.1 12.1 163 43 308.2 310.0 293.6 337.2 9.57 6 750 2483 13.4 5.6 59 7.9 8.8 193 42 311.2 312.6 293.0 334.7 7.62 7 700 3060 8.7 2.8 67 5.8 5.4 206 47 312.1 313.4 292.5 333.0 6.71 8 650 3667 2.7 0.9 88 1.8 1.7 212 50 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.6 6.30 9 600 4309 -2.2 -3.0 95 0.8 -2.6 214 53 313.6 314.5 291.6 329.8 5.13 10 550 4995 -7.1 -9.0 86 1.9 -7.9 214 59 315.7 316.4 290.9 327.1 3.52 11 500 5731 -12.2 -20.3 51 8.1 -14.6 213 69 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.4 1.52 12 450 6530 -16.2 -36.2 16 20.0 -19.8 208 72 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.38 13 400 7406 -22.2 -38.1 22 15.8 -24.6 203 71 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.4 0.36 14 350 8373 -29.5 -46.3 18 16.8 -31.2 204 68 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.17 15 300 9453 -38.3 -53.1 20 14.8 -39.2 209 67 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 16 250 10680 -47.8 -59.7 24 11.9 -48.1 216 67 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12136 -51.8 -68.9 11 17.1 -52.2 216 54 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 13978 -58.8 -78.8 6 20.0 -59.0 222 49 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16473 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.6 -64.8 258 29 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.71 m Freezing level: 622.58 mb = 4019.37 m = 13186.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.91 mb = 3919.09 m = 12857.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.34 mb = 2179.70 m = 7151.17 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.71 mb = 2968.15 m = 9737.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 581.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 930.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.09 mb = 2336.45 m = 7665.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.09 mb = 3442.14 m = 11292.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.09 mb = 10998.81 m = 36084.88 ft B at Equ Level: 924.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.09 mb = 13641.78 m = 44755.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.8 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 230.8 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 565.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 565.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 274.64 m/s