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: 39.92,-100.12 Latitude: 39.92 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 1 950 446 SFC 917 752 24.7 13.7 50 11.0 17.4 141 23 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.6 10.79 3 900 919 24.0 13.1 50 10.9 16.8 144 36 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.0 10.56 4 850 1415 19.7 11.9 61 7.8 14.6 151 44 306.8 308.7 293.8 337.9 10.33 5 800 1934 15.9 9.4 65 6.5 11.8 170 46 308.1 309.8 293.4 336.2 9.27 6 750 2480 12.4 5.7 64 6.7 8.5 190 44 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.7 7.69 7 700 3055 7.6 3.0 73 4.6 5.0 201 44 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.9 6.80 8 650 3660 2.0 0.0 87 2.0 1.0 211 46 311.2 312.3 291.6 329.6 5.90 9 600 4300 -3.1 -5.2 86 2.0 -4.1 211 52 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.2 4.34 10 550 4985 -6.8 -11.2 71 4.4 -8.5 205 58 316.0 316.6 290.5 325.6 2.96 11 500 5722 -11.7 -17.6 61 6.0 -13.6 202 62 318.8 319.2 290.3 325.2 1.92 12 450 6521 -17.1 -28.8 36 11.7 -19.7 199 70 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.79 13 400 7394 -23.2 -35.9 30 12.7 -25.2 200 74 324.9 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.45 14 350 8357 -30.1 -45.0 22 14.9 -31.6 199 72 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.20 15 300 9435 -38.6 -54.1 18 15.5 -39.4 205 73 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.08 16 250 10663 -47.3 -60.2 21 12.9 -47.7 208 68 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 17 200 12124 -50.8 -69.4 9 18.6 -51.2 220 47 352.3 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 13962 -59.6 -78.0 7 18.4 -59.8 217 41 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16469 -62.7 -83.4 5 20.7 -62.9 263 18 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.05 m Freezing level: 630.59 mb = 3908.46 m = 12822.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.50 mb = 3777.64 m = 12393.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.64 mb = 2141.54 m = 7025.95 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.48 mb = 2849.19 m = 9347.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 953.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.64 mb = 2383.22 m = 7818.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.64 mb = 3247.69 m = 10655.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.64 mb = 10831.22 m = 35535.06 ft B at Equ Level: 947.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.64 mb = 13405.64 m = 43981.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 508.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 508.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 203.82 m/s