MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 38.97,-99.18 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 480 SFC 936 605 20.7 16.1 75 4.6 17.7 168 17 299.5 301.7 293.2 335.7 12.41 3 900 947 19.1 14.7 75 4.4 16.2 172 34 301.2 303.4 293.3 335.8 11.75 4 850 1437 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 187 45 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.6 10.20 5 800 1953 14.9 5.7 54 9.1 9.5 206 34 307.0 308.3 291.4 328.9 7.21 6 750 2496 11.4 2.1 53 9.3 6.3 206 34 308.9 310.1 290.9 327.3 5.95 7 700 3068 6.9 -1.2 56 8.0 2.7 208 37 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.7 5.02 8 650 3672 1.9 -3.8 66 5.8 -0.9 214 44 311.2 312.0 290.3 325.1 4.43 9 600 4312 -3.2 -6.0 81 2.8 -4.4 218 58 312.4 313.2 290.4 325.4 4.08 10 550 4995 -8.3 -10.1 87 1.8 -9.0 215 65 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.6 3.23 11 500 5727 -13.3 -16.7 76 3.4 -14.5 210 62 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.6 2.06 12 450 6522 -17.8 -25.2 52 7.4 -19.6 207 63 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.6 1.09 13 400 7393 -23.2 -33.3 39 10.1 -24.9 201 64 324.8 325.0 290.9 326.9 0.58 14 350 8357 -29.9 -43.3 26 13.3 -31.4 196 62 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.24 15 300 9436 -37.6 -49.7 27 12.1 -38.5 194 62 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.14 16 250 10672 -45.0 -62.1 13 17.1 -45.6 198 60 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12136 -52.4 -69.0 12 16.6 -52.8 217 53 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 13967 -58.5 -78.7 6 20.2 -58.7 235 54 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16488 -64.7 -83.3 6 18.6 -64.8 244 8 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.29 m Freezing level: 631.10 mb = 3913.99 m = 12841.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.02 mb = 3522.86 m = 11557.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.04 mb = 1188.35 m = 3898.74 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 10.71 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2533.05 m = 8310.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 497.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 672.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.94 mb = 1712.75 m = 5619.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.94 mb = 3329.22 m = 10922.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.94 mb = 9714.37 m = 31870.90 ft B at Equ Level: 669.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.94 mb = 12532.06 m = 41115.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.9 neg: -26.2 tot: 323.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 5.66 Bulk Shear: 118.66 m/s