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,-99.73 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 1 950 455 SFC 925 686 24.5 14.2 53 10.3 17.7 140 22 304.4 306.4 293.7 337.5 11.08 3 900 927 23.0 13.6 56 9.4 16.8 144 37 305.2 307.2 293.8 338.0 10.95 4 850 1422 18.6 12.5 68 6.1 14.6 150 44 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.9 10.77 5 800 1940 15.7 9.7 68 6.0 11.9 171 44 307.9 309.6 293.5 336.6 9.48 6 750 2486 13.0 5.6 61 7.3 8.6 196 43 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.64 7 700 3062 8.2 2.6 68 5.6 5.1 207 44 311.6 312.9 292.3 332.2 6.62 8 650 3669 2.6 0.4 86 2.1 1.4 212 46 311.9 313.0 291.9 330.8 6.08 9 600 4311 -2.2 -4.9 82 2.7 -3.5 213 49 313.5 314.4 291.0 327.6 4.42 10 550 4997 -6.4 -11.3 68 4.9 -8.4 210 54 316.5 317.1 290.6 326.1 2.94 11 500 5736 -10.9 -18.6 53 7.8 -13.3 208 60 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.7 1.76 12 450 6537 -16.1 -31.9 24 15.8 -19.3 202 65 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.1 0.59 13 400 7413 -22.5 -36.7 26 14.1 -24.8 198 66 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.41 14 350 8378 -29.8 -42.2 29 12.4 -31.2 201 65 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.27 15 300 9456 -38.6 -51.1 26 12.4 -39.4 207 65 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.12 16 250 10682 -48.2 -58.6 29 10.4 -48.5 213 67 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 17 200 12134 -51.8 -69.1 11 17.3 -52.2 219 53 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 13975 -58.9 -78.7 6 19.8 -59.1 219 46 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16472 -63.7 -83.2 5 19.6 -63.8 255 22 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.64 m Freezing level: 623.28 mb = 4011.74 m = 13161.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.51 mb = 3849.35 m = 12628.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.12 mb = 1991.91 m = 6535.04 ft T: 15.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.77 mb = 2852.66 m = 9359.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.30 C = 88.33 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 855.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.80 mb = 2167.33 m = 7110.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.80 mb = 3374.09 m = 11069.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.80 mb = 11117.85 m = 36475.46 ft B at Equ Level: 838.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.80 mb = 13411.66 m = 44000.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.9 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 227.9 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 517.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 517.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 4.02 Bulk Shear: 212.89 m/s