MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 40.73,-93.66 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 966 317 26.3 13.3 45 13.0 17.8 192 26 302.4 304.3 292.3 332.1 9.99 2 950 461 25.8 12.9 45 12.9 17.4 194 43 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.8 9.89 3 900 934 21.9 11.7 52 10.2 15.4 198 56 304.1 305.8 292.5 332.9 9.66 4 850 1428 19.7 8.1 47 11.6 12.6 212 70 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.1 8.01 5 800 1949 17.8 3.6 39 14.2 9.6 226 70 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.3 6.18 6 750 2498 15.0 3.0 45 12.0 8.1 236 61 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.7 6.34 7 700 3078 10.8 0.9 50 9.9 5.4 244 55 314.5 315.6 292.5 332.9 5.84 8 650 3690 5.5 -3.4 53 8.9 1.1 249 47 315.2 316.1 291.7 329.9 4.59 9 600 4338 -0.4 -8.0 56 7.6 -3.8 250 41 315.6 316.3 290.8 326.9 3.48 10 550 5028 -4.4 -18.4 33 13.9 -9.2 235 45 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.3 1.63 11 500 5774 -7.4 -32.7 11 25.3 -13.3 226 58 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.49 12 450 6586 -12.4 -33.2 16 20.8 -17.0 225 64 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.52 13 400 7474 -19.1 -32.0 31 12.9 -21.8 229 72 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.5 0.65 14 350 8451 -27.3 -34.1 52 6.8 -28.5 230 78 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.2 0.61 15 300 9539 -36.6 -42.9 52 6.3 -37.2 233 79 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.29 16 250 10776 -46.1 -56.6 29 10.5 -46.5 237 81 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.07 17 200 12227 -55.6 -64.2 33 8.6 -55.8 250 95 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14020 -63.9 -77.3 14 13.4 -64.0 250 81 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16461 -69.1 -83.2 11 14.1 -69.2 249 56 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.13 m Freezing level: 603.58 mb = 4291.51 m = 14079.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.95 mb = 3829.09 m = 12562.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.42 mb = 1965.82 m = 6449.48 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 3.65 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.96 mb = 3514.80 m = 11531.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.76 C = 101.77 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 25.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4956.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.97 mb = 2241.38 m = 7353.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 54.1 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 40.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 851.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 849.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 283.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.6 stream: 12.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 121.16 m/s