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: 39.78,-99.65 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 1 950 457 SFC 927 671 24.5 14.3 53 10.2 17.7 141 22 304.2 306.2 293.7 337.4 11.13 3 900 929 22.7 13.7 57 9.0 16.7 144 37 304.9 307.0 293.8 337.8 11.00 4 850 1424 18.3 12.6 69 5.8 14.6 150 44 305.3 307.4 293.7 337.8 10.82 5 800 1941 15.7 9.7 68 6.0 11.9 172 43 307.8 309.6 293.5 336.6 9.49 6 750 2487 13.0 5.6 61 7.4 8.6 197 42 310.7 312.2 292.9 334.3 7.65 7 700 3063 8.3 2.5 67 5.8 5.1 208 44 311.7 312.9 292.3 332.1 6.56 8 650 3670 2.6 0.4 85 2.3 1.4 212 45 312.0 313.1 291.9 330.9 6.06 9 600 4313 -2.1 -5.1 80 3.0 -3.5 213 48 313.7 314.5 291.0 327.6 4.38 10 550 4999 -6.3 -11.4 67 5.1 -8.3 211 52 316.6 317.2 290.6 326.1 2.91 11 500 5738 -10.7 -18.6 52 7.9 -13.2 208 58 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.77 12 450 6541 -15.9 -32.3 23 16.4 -19.3 202 63 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.2 0.56 13 400 7416 -22.5 -36.7 26 14.2 -24.8 197 64 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.41 14 350 8382 -29.8 -41.4 32 11.5 -31.2 201 64 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.29 15 300 9460 -38.7 -50.4 28 11.8 -39.4 207 64 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.13 16 250 10685 -48.2 -58.3 30 10.0 -48.6 214 67 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 17 200 12136 -52.0 -69.1 11 17.2 -52.3 219 54 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 13976 -58.8 -78.8 6 20.0 -59.0 219 47 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16473 -63.8 -83.2 5 19.4 -64.0 254 23 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.49 m Freezing level: 622.06 mb = 4029.17 m = 13218.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.51 mb = 3850.98 m = 12634.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.55 mb = 1956.74 m = 6419.67 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.16 mb = 2849.46 m = 9348.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 825.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.88 mb = 2124.44 m = 6969.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.88 mb = 3447.88 m = 11311.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.88 mb = 11007.93 m = 36114.80 ft B at Equ Level: 818.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.88 mb = 13256.07 m = 43490.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.2 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 228.2 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 508.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 508.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.46 Bulk Rich Number: 4.02 Bulk Shear: 205.14 m/s