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: 39.99,-99.73 Latitude: 39.99 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 16 1 950 456 SFC 925 689 24.3 14.3 54 10.0 17.7 141 23 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.4 11.14 3 900 928 22.8 13.6 56 9.2 16.7 144 38 305.0 307.0 293.8 337.8 10.96 4 850 1423 18.3 12.6 69 5.7 14.6 150 44 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.7 10.82 5 800 1940 15.4 9.8 69 5.6 11.9 173 45 307.5 309.3 293.4 336.5 9.56 6 750 2486 12.7 5.6 62 7.0 8.5 196 46 310.3 311.8 292.7 333.8 7.64 7 700 3061 7.9 2.7 70 5.1 5.0 204 45 311.2 312.5 292.2 331.9 6.67 8 650 3667 2.3 0.3 87 2.0 1.2 208 43 311.5 312.7 291.8 330.3 6.02 9 600 4308 -2.4 -5.0 82 2.6 -3.6 209 46 313.4 314.2 291.0 327.4 4.41 10 550 4995 -6.3 -10.5 72 4.2 -8.0 205 49 316.6 317.2 290.8 326.8 3.13 11 500 5734 -10.8 -15.4 69 4.7 -12.4 203 56 319.9 320.4 291.0 327.6 2.31 12 450 6536 -16.3 -29.4 32 13.0 -19.2 198 64 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.75 13 400 7410 -22.9 -36.3 28 13.4 -25.0 196 67 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.43 14 350 8374 -30.0 -41.4 32 11.4 -31.3 198 66 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.4 0.29 15 300 9452 -38.8 -50.9 27 12.2 -39.5 205 66 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 16 250 10676 -48.3 -58.8 29 10.5 -48.7 211 66 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 12129 -51.3 -69.5 10 18.2 -51.7 219 51 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 13970 -59.0 -78.5 6 19.5 -59.2 218 44 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16471 -63.1 -83.3 5 20.2 -63.3 255 18 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.12 m Freezing level: 625.55 mb = 3980.46 m = 13059.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.45 mb = 3823.03 m = 12542.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.66 mb = 1954.63 m = 6412.75 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.94 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.34 mb = 2787.46 m = 9145.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 873.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.05 mb = 2132.21 m = 6995.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.05 mb = 3333.35 m = 10936.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.05 mb = 11022.58 m = 36162.87 ft B at Equ Level: 863.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.05 mb = 13281.34 m = 43573.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.3 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 224.3 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 508.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 508.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.70 Bulk Rich Number: 4.87 Bulk Shear: 179.31 m/s