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: 39.95,-99.93 Latitude: 39.95 Longitude: -99.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 1 950 451 SFC 921 721 24.5 14.1 52 10.4 17.5 138 23 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.7 11.03 3 900 923 23.4 13.4 53 10.0 16.8 143 38 305.7 307.7 293.9 338.1 10.81 4 850 1419 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.6 150 45 306.1 308.0 293.8 338.0 10.62 5 800 1937 15.5 9.6 68 5.9 11.8 170 47 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.3 9.43 6 750 2483 12.5 5.6 63 6.9 8.4 192 45 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.6 7.63 7 700 3057 7.7 3.0 72 4.6 5.1 201 44 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.1 6.82 8 650 3663 2.1 0.3 88 1.8 1.2 211 45 311.4 312.5 291.7 330.2 6.05 9 600 4304 -2.9 -5.5 82 2.6 -4.1 212 51 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.2 4.23 10 550 4989 -6.5 -12.1 64 5.6 -8.7 205 56 316.4 316.9 290.4 325.4 2.75 11 500 5727 -11.1 -17.6 59 6.5 -13.2 203 60 319.5 319.9 290.6 325.9 1.92 12 450 6528 -16.6 -28.7 34 12.1 -19.3 199 68 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.2 0.79 13 400 7402 -22.8 -35.8 29 13.0 -24.9 199 71 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.45 14 350 8366 -29.8 -44.0 24 14.2 -31.3 197 69 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.22 15 300 9445 -38.6 -52.9 21 14.2 -39.5 204 69 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.09 16 250 10671 -48.1 -59.7 25 11.6 -48.5 208 67 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12126 -51.1 -69.3 10 18.2 -51.5 219 51 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 13966 -59.4 -78.2 7 18.8 -59.6 219 43 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16470 -62.7 -83.3 5 20.7 -62.9 256 16 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.62 m Freezing level: 628.66 mb = 3936.19 m = 12913.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.70 mb = 3803.11 m = 12477.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.84 mb = 2034.47 m = 6674.71 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 12.73 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2796.44 m = 9174.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 925.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.87 mb = 2250.69 m = 7384.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.87 mb = 3223.86 m = 10576.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.87 mb = 11050.14 m = 36253.31 ft B at Equ Level: 911.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.87 mb = 13323.14 m = 43710.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.9 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 224.9 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 535.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 178.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.92 Bulk Rich Number: 4.37 Bulk Shear: 211.71 m/s