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: 40.86,-92.56 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 985 254 20.8 17.9 83 2.9 18.8 180 13 295.2 297.6 292.6 333.1 13.20 2 950 570 18.8 17.0 89 1.8 17.6 183 27 296.2 298.6 292.7 333.5 12.93 3 900 1033 16.6 15.1 91 1.4 15.6 200 37 298.6 300.8 292.7 333.8 12.10 4 850 1519 13.9 12.4 91 1.5 13.0 220 33 300.7 302.7 292.3 332.2 10.71 5 800 2029 11.3 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 222 34 303.2 305.1 292.9 334.2 10.43 6 750 2567 10.3 -4.0 36 14.3 3.4 230 31 307.8 308.5 288.6 319.6 3.79 7 700 3137 6.9 -9.0 31 15.9 0.0 240 33 310.2 310.7 288.4 319.0 2.76 8 650 3741 2.8 -12.4 32 15.2 -3.3 244 38 312.1 312.6 288.6 319.5 2.26 9 600 4383 -1.9 -15.7 34 13.8 -6.8 247 39 314.0 314.3 288.8 320.2 1.88 10 550 5069 -6.3 -18.2 38 11.9 -10.2 246 37 316.6 316.9 289.4 322.2 1.66 11 500 5808 -10.8 -26.0 27 15.2 -14.7 246 34 319.9 320.1 289.7 323.1 0.92 12 450 6609 -16.6 -33.2 22 16.6 -19.8 247 34 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.3 0.52 13 400 7481 -23.8 -40.2 21 16.4 -26.0 240 35 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.29 14 350 8443 -30.8 -43.2 29 12.3 -32.1 251 33 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.24 15 300 9515 -39.8 -50.0 33 10.2 -40.5 240 33 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.13 16 250 10734 -49.2 -57.0 40 7.8 -49.5 227 33 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.07 17 200 12181 -53.2 -69.6 12 16.4 -53.5 240 44 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14018 -57.5 -79.1 5 21.6 -57.8 245 35 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16520 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.7 261 10 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.60 m Freezing level: 619.86 mb = 4128.12 m = 13543.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.70 mb = 3140.71 m = 10304.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.60 mb = 627.54 m = 2058.84 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1249.95 m = 4100.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 21.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 420.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.52 mb = 942.90 m = 3093.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.52 mb = 4061.86 m = 13326.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.52 mb = 10877.89 m = 35688.17 ft B at Equ Level: 409.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.52 mb = 12358.19 m = 40544.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 4.74 Bulk Shear: 88.78 m/s