MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 39.78,-98.47 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -25 1 950 420 SFC 939 523 35.0 9.9 22 25.0 18.7 201 25 313.7 315.3 294.1 339.2 8.19 3 900 905 29.5 8.8 27 20.7 16.4 204 42 311.9 313.4 293.4 336.4 7.91 4 850 1409 24.2 7.7 35 16.5 14.0 206 47 311.5 313.0 293.2 335.7 7.80 5 800 1934 19.1 6.6 44 12.6 11.5 210 49 311.6 313.0 293.1 335.2 7.65 6 750 2484 14.2 5.2 54 9.1 8.9 215 48 312.0 313.4 293.0 335.0 7.40 7 700 3063 10.1 2.3 58 7.8 5.6 223 49 313.6 314.9 292.7 333.8 6.45 8 650 3674 5.5 -1.5 60 7.0 1.8 222 54 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.9 5.26 9 600 4323 0.2 -5.8 64 6.0 -2.6 224 54 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.7 4.14 10 550 5015 -4.0 -17.3 35 13.3 -8.7 229 56 319.3 319.7 290.4 325.4 1.78 11 500 5761 -7.4 -29.4 15 21.9 -13.0 233 64 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.67 12 450 6573 -12.8 -32.3 18 19.4 -17.1 233 71 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.57 13 400 7458 -19.9 -32.9 31 13.0 -22.4 234 76 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.3 0.60 14 350 8433 -28.0 -33.3 60 5.3 -28.8 233 80 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.5 0.66 15 300 9519 -36.6 -41.6 60 5.0 -37.1 236 89 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.33 16 250 10757 -45.6 -57.0 27 11.4 -46.1 240 94 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.07 17 200 12216 -54.1 -65.7 23 11.6 -54.4 250 109 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14025 -62.3 -78.8 9 16.5 -62.4 247 84 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16480 -69.3 -83.3 11 13.9 -69.4 217 27 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.46 m Freezing level: 597.21 mb = 4361.36 m = 14308.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.38 mb = 3935.46 m = 12911.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.71 mb = 3627.38 m = 11900.71 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 13.87 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.42 mb = 3896.44 m = 12783.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.84 C = 98.31 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.69 C Cross Totals Index: 15.19 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.23 mb = 3508.04 m = 11509.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.23 mb = 4616.59 m = 15146.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 528.23 mb = 5330.89 m = 17489.58 ft B at Equ Level: 22.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 458.23 mb = 6433.22 m = 21106.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 52.8 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 283.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 67.82 m/s