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: 39.15,-95.88 Latitude: 39.15 Longitude: -95.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 969 347 25.1 13.4 48 11.7 17.5 171 14 300.9 302.8 291.9 330.5 10.03 2 950 523 24.7 12.9 48 11.8 17.0 175 23 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.5 9.85 3 900 994 20.6 11.8 57 8.9 15.0 187 28 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.6 9.70 4 850 1485 16.4 10.8 69 5.6 12.9 201 29 303.3 305.1 292.2 331.9 9.58 5 800 1998 12.4 9.5 83 2.9 10.6 218 32 304.3 306.1 292.3 332.4 9.37 6 750 2537 10.6 4.1 64 6.5 6.9 229 35 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.2 6.88 7 700 3110 7.4 0.8 63 6.6 3.8 233 36 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.6 5.79 8 650 3715 2.3 -0.8 79 3.2 0.7 231 37 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.9 5.54 9 600 4356 -2.9 -3.6 95 0.7 -3.2 233 38 312.8 313.8 291.2 328.2 4.90 10 550 5040 -7.8 -11.1 77 3.3 -9.1 238 42 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.6 2.99 11 500 5779 -10.0 -28.2 21 18.2 -14.5 246 43 320.8 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.75 12 450 6582 -15.5 -32.8 21 17.3 -19.0 247 45 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.54 13 400 7460 -21.5 -39.7 18 18.3 -24.2 242 47 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.30 14 350 8430 -29.0 -45.6 19 16.6 -30.7 242 47 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.19 15 300 9511 -38.3 -48.8 32 10.5 -39.0 251 47 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.15 16 250 10739 -46.1 -59.3 21 13.2 -46.6 246 43 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.05 17 200 12204 -52.2 -70.6 9 18.4 -52.5 238 44 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14031 -59.9 -78.6 7 18.7 -60.1 232 46 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16521 -66.5 -83.1 8 16.6 -66.6 244 33 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.13 m Freezing level: 627.48 mb = 4003.93 m = 13136.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.41 mb = 3821.67 m = 12538.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.33 mb = 1826.57 m = 5992.60 ft T: 13.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 3.72 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.99 mb = 2910.94 m = 9550.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.88 C = 92.98 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 30.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.10 mb = 2059.53 m = 6756.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.10 mb = 3976.93 m = 13047.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.10 mb = 5639.04 m = 18500.56 ft B at Equ Level: 66.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.10 mb = 8243.22 m = 27044.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 256.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 99.56 m/s