MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 40.53,-95.24 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 SFC 963 320 29.8 8.4 26 21.4 16.5 190 26 306.2 307.5 291.2 328.0 7.20 2 950 442 29.7 7.9 26 21.8 16.3 193 43 307.4 308.7 291.4 328.9 7.07 3 900 920 25.8 6.7 30 19.1 14.3 196 57 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.2 6.87 4 850 1419 21.7 5.4 34 16.4 12.0 202 66 308.9 310.2 291.5 329.3 6.62 5 800 1941 18.6 4.9 40 13.8 10.5 215 65 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.0 6.79 6 750 2492 15.4 3.4 45 11.9 8.5 225 57 313.3 314.5 292.7 333.7 6.54 7 700 3072 10.8 1.3 52 9.5 5.5 235 54 314.5 315.6 292.6 333.4 6.02 8 650 3685 5.3 -1.1 63 6.4 2.0 242 52 315.0 316.0 292.3 332.2 5.44 9 600 4332 -0.1 -6.8 61 6.6 -3.2 243 48 315.9 316.7 291.2 328.3 3.84 10 550 5023 -3.5 -21.8 23 18.3 -9.2 233 51 319.9 320.2 290.0 324.1 1.22 11 500 5771 -7.7 -34.2 10 26.6 -13.6 231 59 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.42 12 450 6581 -13.3 -37.2 12 23.8 -17.9 232 64 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.8 0.35 13 400 7465 -20.1 -34.0 28 14.0 -22.7 235 72 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.9 0.54 14 350 8440 -27.9 -35.2 49 7.4 -29.0 235 80 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.2 0.55 15 300 9527 -36.3 -54.8 13 18.5 -37.5 240 78 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 16 250 10766 -45.4 -59.7 19 14.3 -45.9 242 83 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12223 -54.3 -67.6 18 13.3 -54.5 249 90 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 18 150 14031 -61.9 -77.5 11 15.6 -62.0 247 71 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16477 -70.4 -83.1 14 12.6 -70.5 239 57 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.72 m Freezing level: 601.36 mb = 4314.38 m = 14154.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.06 mb = 3923.75 m = 12873.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.75 mb = 3015.33 m = 9892.68 ft T: 11.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.58 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.57 mb = 4151.01 m = 13618.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.18 C = 102.53 F Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lifted Index: 4.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.95 C Showalter Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.40 C Cross Totals Index: 13.05 C K Index: 25.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6187.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.48 mb = 3281.64 m = 10766.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 55.2 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 669.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 669.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 223.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 107.64 m/s