MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 38.16,-96.97 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 958 433 24.9 14.1 51 10.8 17.8 158 12 301.7 303.6 292.5 333.0 10.61 2 950 508 26.1 13.5 46 12.6 17.8 164 19 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.4 10.30 3 900 983 23.0 11.7 49 11.2 15.7 181 29 305.2 306.9 292.8 334.1 9.64 4 850 1477 18.5 10.4 59 8.0 13.4 188 33 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.7 9.38 5 800 1994 14.4 8.6 68 5.8 10.9 204 33 306.5 308.2 292.6 333.2 8.82 6 750 2537 12.1 4.0 58 8.1 7.5 229 30 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.7 6.82 7 700 3112 8.1 1.0 61 7.1 4.2 242 31 311.4 312.6 291.7 329.8 5.90 8 650 3718 3.1 -1.6 71 4.7 0.7 243 34 312.4 313.4 291.4 328.9 5.23 9 600 4361 -2.4 -3.7 90 1.4 -3.0 238 38 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.7 4.84 10 550 5046 -6.1 -22.1 27 16.0 -10.9 244 41 316.9 317.1 289.0 320.9 1.19 11 500 5788 -9.7 -27.3 22 17.5 -14.2 258 44 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.1 0.82 12 450 6592 -15.4 -32.8 21 17.4 -18.9 260 48 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.9 0.54 13 400 7470 -21.4 -39.7 18 18.3 -24.2 251 47 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.30 14 350 8440 -28.7 -47.5 15 18.8 -30.5 248 45 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.15 15 300 9523 -38.0 -49.4 29 11.4 -38.8 257 45 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.14 16 250 10752 -46.0 -58.4 23 12.4 -46.4 252 43 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.06 17 200 12219 -52.1 -70.8 9 18.7 -52.5 246 44 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14045 -60.6 -78.5 8 17.9 -60.8 240 42 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16523 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.7 244 32 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.16 m Freezing level: 621.72 mb = 4081.90 m = 13391.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.00 mb = 3830.28 m = 12566.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.95 mb = 1804.56 m = 5920.42 ft T: 15.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.51 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3086.19 m = 10125.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 94.00 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.83 mb = 2306.46 m = 7567.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.83 mb = 3895.32 m = 12779.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.83 mb = 9848.92 m = 32312.33 ft B at Equ Level: 143.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.83 mb = 11135.64 m = 36533.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 333.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 129.51 m/s