MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 41.74,-96.58 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 964 404 26.5 14.5 48 12.0 18.5 185 9 302.8 304.8 293.0 334.9 10.82 2 950 529 24.6 13.5 50 11.1 17.3 186 13 302.1 304.0 292.4 332.6 10.28 3 900 999 20.0 12.6 62 7.4 15.2 188 15 302.1 304.0 292.3 332.3 10.21 4 850 1489 15.3 11.6 79 3.7 13.0 189 16 302.2 304.1 292.3 332.3 10.17 5 800 2000 11.5 8.7 83 2.8 9.9 200 15 303.5 305.1 291.7 330.0 8.89 6 750 2538 9.7 -4.1 38 13.8 3.1 237 13 307.1 307.8 288.3 318.8 3.77 7 700 3106 5.4 -6.6 42 12.0 -0.0 252 18 308.5 309.1 288.4 318.9 3.33 8 650 3707 1.0 -9.7 45 10.6 -3.4 249 27 310.1 310.6 288.4 319.1 2.83 9 600 4344 -3.7 -11.2 56 7.5 -6.7 246 35 311.8 312.3 288.9 320.5 2.70 10 550 5026 -8.0 -18.5 43 10.5 -11.3 249 40 314.6 314.9 288.7 319.9 1.61 11 500 5761 -11.8 -26.7 28 14.9 -15.5 257 41 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.6 0.86 12 450 6558 -17.5 -28.3 38 10.8 -19.9 258 41 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.2 0.82 13 400 7429 -23.9 -30.7 53 6.8 -25.2 259 44 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.6 0.74 14 350 8390 -30.7 -38.8 45 8.1 -31.7 261 53 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.38 15 300 9466 -39.1 -43.1 66 4.0 -39.4 261 55 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.28 16 250 10689 -48.6 -48.9 96 0.4 -48.6 261 60 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.18 17 200 12127 -55.3 -64.8 30 9.5 -55.5 266 58 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 13938 -61.0 -77.1 10 16.1 -61.2 256 50 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16443 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.4 -64.3 238 35 403.9 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.55 m Freezing level: 639.76 mb = 3837.15 m = 12588.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.63 mb = 3098.51 m = 10165.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.14 mb = 1914.42 m = 6280.84 ft T: 12.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 16.12 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2417.17 m = 7930.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 26.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.59 mb = 1930.56 m = 6333.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.59 mb = 3203.80 m = 10511.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.59 mb = 9890.73 m = 32449.49 ft B at Equ Level: 414.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.59 mb = 12397.46 m = 40673.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -4.9 tot: 59.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 6.60 Bulk Shear: 63.07 m/s