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: 39.85,-100.04 Latitude: 39.85 Longitude: -100.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 1 950 448 SFC 919 742 24.7 13.8 51 10.9 17.5 139 23 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.7 10.88 3 900 920 23.9 13.2 51 10.6 16.8 143 37 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.2 10.67 4 850 1417 19.5 12.1 62 7.4 14.7 150 44 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.1 10.47 5 800 1936 15.8 9.5 66 6.2 11.9 168 46 308.0 309.7 293.4 336.4 9.37 6 750 2481 12.6 5.6 62 7.0 8.5 191 44 310.3 311.7 292.7 333.7 7.63 7 700 3056 7.8 3.0 72 4.8 5.1 202 44 311.1 312.4 292.3 332.2 6.81 8 650 3662 2.2 0.3 88 1.8 1.2 212 47 311.4 312.6 291.7 330.2 6.05 9 600 4303 -2.9 -4.9 86 2.0 -3.8 212 53 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.7 4.42 10 550 4988 -6.8 -11.3 70 4.5 -8.6 207 58 316.1 316.6 290.5 325.6 2.93 11 500 5725 -11.6 -18.3 57 6.7 -13.7 204 63 318.9 319.2 290.3 325.0 1.80 12 450 6524 -16.8 -29.6 32 12.8 -19.6 201 70 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.73 13 400 7398 -22.8 -36.1 29 13.3 -25.0 201 73 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.9 0.44 14 350 8363 -29.8 -45.2 21 15.4 -31.4 199 70 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.19 15 300 9441 -38.5 -53.7 19 15.2 -39.4 205 70 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 16 250 10668 -47.8 -60.1 23 12.3 -48.1 209 68 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.3 0.05 17 200 12126 -51.0 -69.3 10 18.2 -51.4 219 50 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 13966 -59.4 -78.2 7 18.8 -59.6 219 43 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16470 -63.0 -83.3 5 20.3 -63.1 259 19 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.43 m Freezing level: 628.66 mb = 3935.42 m = 12911.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.18 mb = 3808.95 m = 12496.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.14 mb = 2115.63 m = 6940.95 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 13.44 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2851.86 m = 9356.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 946.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.96 mb = 2336.50 m = 7665.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.96 mb = 3317.76 m = 10884.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.96 mb = 10990.90 m = 36058.93 ft B at Equ Level: 934.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.96 mb = 13243.18 m = 43448.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.1 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 226.1 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 534.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 534.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 178.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.93 Bulk Rich Number: 4.21 Bulk Shear: 224.71 m/s