MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 38.09,-99.57 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 473 SFC 926 692 21.3 15.8 71 5.5 17.6 148 19 300.9 303.2 293.6 336.9 12.25 3 900 942 20.2 14.7 71 5.5 16.5 149 35 302.3 304.4 293.6 337.0 11.74 4 850 1434 19.2 9.8 55 9.3 13.3 167 49 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.3 8.99 5 800 1954 17.7 6.1 47 11.6 10.7 189 41 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.8 7.41 6 750 2502 12.9 4.2 55 8.8 7.9 201 35 310.6 311.9 292.2 331.9 6.88 7 700 3076 7.4 2.7 72 4.7 4.8 212 33 310.6 311.9 292.0 331.2 6.65 8 650 3681 1.7 1.0 95 0.7 1.3 222 34 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.6 6.35 9 600 4322 -2.4 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 234 40 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.7 5.20 10 550 5009 -5.8 -7.3 89 1.5 -6.5 216 64 317.2 318.0 291.7 330.2 4.02 11 500 5750 -10.6 -19.0 50 8.4 -13.3 213 67 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.8 1.70 12 450 6552 -15.7 -35.2 17 19.5 -19.4 211 66 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.42 13 400 7430 -21.3 -39.2 18 18.0 -24.0 209 64 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.32 14 350 8401 -28.6 -45.4 18 16.8 -30.4 213 61 330.2 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.19 15 300 9484 -37.6 -51.1 23 13.5 -38.5 216 61 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 16 250 10719 -45.4 -59.7 19 14.3 -45.9 217 54 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12180 -53.5 -68.2 15 14.7 -53.8 227 45 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 14000 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 230 48 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16497 -64.0 -83.3 5 19.3 -64.1 264 14 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.48 m Freezing level: 629.36 mb = 3945.42 m = 12944.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3888.82 m = 12758.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.12 mb = 1392.36 m = 4568.04 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2874.27 m = 9429.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.41 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 318.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.06 mb = 2125.02 m = 6971.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.06 mb = 3444.91 m = 11302.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.06 mb = 9735.17 m = 31939.16 ft B at Equ Level: 317.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.06 mb = 11889.35 m = 39006.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 470.3 neg: -19.2 tot: 451.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 203.03 m/s