MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 41.4,-96.58 Latitude: 41.40 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 -45 SFC 952 386 30.8 11.5 30 19.3 18.2 188 25 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.5 8.96 2 950 400 31.2 11.3 29 20.0 18.2 190 28 308.9 310.5 293.3 335.9 8.86 3 900 882 27.6 10.1 33 17.5 16.4 195 50 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.5 8.65 4 850 1384 23.1 8.9 41 14.1 14.1 200 57 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.3 8.47 5 800 1908 18.5 7.4 49 11.0 11.7 208 61 310.8 312.4 293.3 335.8 8.12 6 750 2458 15.2 3.7 46 11.5 8.5 224 53 313.0 314.3 292.7 333.9 6.67 7 700 3038 10.3 1.5 54 8.8 5.4 230 49 313.8 315.0 292.5 333.0 6.09 8 650 3649 4.8 -0.8 67 5.7 1.8 231 51 314.4 315.5 292.2 331.9 5.54 9 600 4296 -0.4 -5.7 67 5.3 -2.9 227 56 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.1 4.18 10 550 4986 -4.5 -18.1 34 13.6 -9.2 225 60 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.3 1.67 11 500 5731 -8.1 -36.7 8 28.5 -14.0 231 68 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.33 12 450 6540 -13.8 -41.5 8 27.6 -18.4 233 75 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.22 13 400 7423 -20.5 -44.4 10 23.9 -23.8 232 81 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.18 14 350 8395 -28.2 -52.6 8 24.4 -30.3 233 80 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 15 300 9482 -36.6 -57.1 10 20.5 -37.8 237 81 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.06 16 250 10718 -46.1 -63.0 13 17.0 -46.6 242 86 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 17 200 12172 -54.4 -68.2 17 13.8 -54.7 247 95 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13977 -61.8 -76.6 12 14.8 -61.9 244 85 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16461 -67.4 -83.4 9 16.0 -67.5 210 28 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.72 m Freezing level: 603.43 mb = 4251.81 m = 13949.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.41 mb = 3896.44 m = 12783.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.57 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.33 mb = 2820.99 m = 9255.10 ft T: 12.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 12.14 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.66 mb = 3577.59 m = 11737.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.79 C = 98.22 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.09 C K Index: 31.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 111.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.58 mb = 3054.94 m = 10022.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.58 mb = 4248.11 m = 13937.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.58 mb = 5675.70 m = 18620.83 ft B at Equ Level: 25.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.58 mb = 11445.79 m = 37551.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 56.4 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 508.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 508.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 109.57 m/s