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: 40.86,-97.60 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -36 1 950 409 SFC 940 505 35.3 9.1 20 26.2 18.4 203 22 314.0 315.5 293.9 338.2 7.76 3 900 894 29.9 8.2 26 21.7 16.2 206 38 312.3 313.7 293.3 335.8 7.58 4 850 1399 24.6 7.2 33 17.4 13.8 208 44 311.9 313.3 293.2 335.3 7.53 5 800 1925 19.4 6.2 42 13.1 11.4 210 46 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.9 7.47 6 750 2475 14.2 5.1 54 9.1 8.8 213 46 312.0 313.4 293.0 334.8 7.36 7 700 3053 9.4 3.2 65 6.2 5.9 215 47 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.5 6.92 8 650 3664 5.1 0.1 70 5.1 2.4 217 53 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.4 5.92 9 600 4311 -0.4 -2.6 85 2.2 -1.5 219 55 315.7 316.7 292.4 332.5 5.28 10 550 5001 -4.6 -13.1 52 8.5 -7.9 223 55 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.0 2.53 11 500 5746 -8.4 -26.4 22 18.0 -13.2 229 62 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.0 0.89 12 450 6555 -13.6 -31.7 20 18.1 -17.6 231 70 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.3 0.60 13 400 7439 -20.4 -32.4 33 12.0 -22.7 232 77 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.8 0.63 14 350 8412 -28.3 -32.9 64 4.6 -29.0 231 83 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.1 0.68 15 300 9497 -36.9 -41.7 61 4.8 -37.4 235 90 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.33 16 250 10733 -46.2 -57.3 27 11.1 -46.6 240 94 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.07 17 200 12188 -54.1 -67.7 17 13.5 -54.4 249 101 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14000 -61.2 -78.7 8 17.4 -61.4 244 79 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16477 -67.6 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.7 239 28 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.28 m Freezing level: 603.49 mb = 4265.90 m = 13995.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.30 mb = 4055.04 m = 13303.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.21 C = 91.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.54 mb = 3744.34 m = 12284.43 ft T: 4.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.21 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.86 mb = 3905.35 m = 12812.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.44 C = 97.59 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.97 C Cross Totals Index: 15.61 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.79 mb = 3615.57 m = 11861.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.79 mb = 4327.12 m = 14196.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.79 mb = 5764.86 m = 18913.35 ft B at Equ Level: 47.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.79 mb = 11311.17 m = 37109.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 238.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 1.91 Bulk Shear: 61.52 m/s