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,-99.81 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 923 701 24.6 14.1 52 10.5 17.6 139 22 304.6 306.7 293.7 337.6 11.03 3 900 925 23.2 13.5 54 9.7 16.8 143 37 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.1 10.89 4 850 1421 18.8 12.4 66 6.4 14.6 150 44 305.8 307.8 293.8 338.0 10.71 5 800 1939 15.7 9.7 67 6.0 11.9 170 44 307.9 309.7 293.5 336.6 9.48 6 750 2485 12.9 5.6 61 7.3 8.6 195 43 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.64 7 700 3061 8.2 2.8 69 5.4 5.1 205 44 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.3 6.68 8 650 3667 2.5 0.5 87 2.0 1.4 212 46 311.8 312.9 291.9 330.8 6.10 9 600 4309 -2.4 -4.8 83 2.4 -3.5 213 50 313.4 314.2 291.0 327.5 4.47 10 550 4995 -6.5 -11.2 69 4.7 -8.4 210 55 316.4 316.9 290.6 326.0 2.96 11 500 5733 -11.1 -18.7 53 7.6 -13.5 207 61 319.5 319.8 290.4 325.4 1.75 12 450 6534 -16.2 -31.6 25 15.3 -19.4 202 66 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.0 0.61 13 400 7409 -22.6 -36.6 27 14.1 -24.8 199 68 325.7 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.42 14 350 8375 -29.8 -43.1 26 13.3 -31.2 200 66 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 15 300 9453 -38.6 -51.7 24 13.1 -39.4 207 66 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 16 250 10679 -48.1 -59.0 27 10.9 -48.4 212 67 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12133 -51.7 -69.1 11 17.5 -52.0 218 53 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 13973 -59.0 -78.6 6 19.6 -59.2 220 46 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16472 -63.6 -83.2 5 19.7 -63.8 256 22 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.79 m Freezing level: 624.47 mb = 3994.72 m = 13105.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.51 mb = 3847.72 m = 12623.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.69 mb = 2027.27 m = 6651.08 ft T: 15.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.48 mb = 2854.73 m = 9365.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.72 mb = 2210.58 m = 7252.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.72 mb = 3422.40 m = 11228.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.72 mb = 10952.66 m = 35933.49 ft B at Equ Level: 876.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.72 mb = 13571.68 m = 44525.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 527.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 527.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 3.98 Bulk Shear: 220.96 m/s