MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 40.46,-93.90 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 978 312 20.4 18.3 88 2.0 19.0 172 11 295.4 297.9 293.0 334.6 13.66 2 950 561 18.8 17.7 93 1.1 18.0 173 22 296.3 298.7 293.1 335.1 13.50 3 900 1026 18.1 14.5 79 3.7 15.7 217 27 300.2 302.3 292.9 334.2 11.58 4 850 1514 14.9 11.5 80 3.4 12.7 231 30 301.8 303.6 292.2 331.6 10.07 5 800 2024 11.1 9.0 87 2.1 9.8 238 30 302.9 304.6 291.6 329.8 9.02 6 750 2561 9.5 -1.6 46 11.1 3.9 248 33 306.9 307.7 289.0 320.9 4.53 7 700 3131 7.0 -7.4 35 14.4 0.5 251 36 310.3 310.9 288.8 320.2 3.14 8 650 3735 3.0 -10.5 36 13.5 -2.6 248 38 312.4 312.9 289.0 320.9 2.64 9 600 4378 -1.5 -13.6 39 12.1 -6.1 248 38 314.4 314.8 289.3 321.7 2.24 10 550 5065 -5.8 -18.7 35 13.0 -10.0 246 35 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.6 1.58 11 500 5805 -10.7 -28.4 22 17.7 -15.0 245 34 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.6 0.74 12 450 6605 -17.0 -33.4 23 16.4 -20.1 246 38 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.7 0.51 13 400 7478 -22.9 -42.4 15 19.5 -25.5 252 34 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.23 14 350 8440 -31.1 -38.9 46 7.9 -32.0 254 35 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.38 15 300 9512 -40.3 -47.0 49 6.7 -40.7 255 36 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.19 16 250 10733 -47.7 -59.9 23 12.2 -48.1 270 39 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12185 -53.4 -68.3 14 15.0 -53.7 267 37 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14019 -58.9 -78.4 6 19.5 -59.1 246 37 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16523 -65.4 -83.1 7 17.7 -65.5 235 9 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.06 m Freezing level: 616.33 mb = 4168.31 m = 13675.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.35 mb = 3232.24 m = 10604.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.04 mb = 569.34 m = 1867.88 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.90 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1538.89 m = 5048.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 22.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.95 mb = 1083.14 m = 3553.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.95 mb = 2035.03 m = 6676.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 788.95 mb = 2139.78 m = 7020.20 ft B at Equ Level: 19.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.95 mb = 3025.88 m = 9927.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 268.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 110.52 m/s