MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 40.55,-95.91 Latitude: 40.55 Longitude: -95.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 974 332 22.9 16.0 65 6.9 18.2 80 6 298.3 300.4 292.4 332.5 11.79 2 950 548 24.8 14.5 53 10.3 18.0 113 10 302.4 304.4 293.0 334.9 11.00 3 900 1020 21.1 13.3 61 7.8 16.0 153 16 303.3 305.3 293.1 335.2 10.75 4 850 1512 16.8 12.2 74 4.6 13.8 169 20 303.7 305.7 293.1 335.1 10.55 5 800 2026 12.3 10.7 90 1.6 11.3 185 23 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.6 10.17 6 750 2567 12.4 0.1 43 12.3 5.8 211 27 310.0 311.0 290.6 326.0 5.14 7 700 3142 9.0 -5.3 36 14.3 2.1 227 31 312.4 313.1 290.0 324.1 3.67 8 650 3749 3.4 -6.9 47 10.3 -1.3 231 33 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.9 3.50 9 600 4392 -2.4 -9.3 59 6.9 -5.3 235 33 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.4 3.14 10 550 5077 -6.2 -20.0 32 13.8 -10.6 247 32 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.5 1.41 11 500 5817 -10.2 -31.0 16 20.8 -14.9 249 35 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.57 12 450 6619 -16.2 -35.0 18 18.8 -19.7 248 40 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.5 0.44 13 400 7494 -22.5 -38.2 22 15.8 -24.8 250 43 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.35 14 350 8461 -29.3 -38.1 42 8.9 -30.4 261 50 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.41 15 300 9542 -37.9 -43.6 55 5.8 -38.4 264 55 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 16 250 10769 -48.5 -54.2 52 5.7 -48.7 264 57 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.10 17 200 12205 -56.5 -65.5 31 9.0 -56.7 268 68 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14015 -60.3 -77.4 9 17.1 -60.5 261 57 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16500 -64.9 -83.4 6 18.4 -65.1 257 48 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.63 m Freezing level: 620.93 mb = 4122.66 m = 13525.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.54 mb = 3506.69 m = 11504.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.94 mb = 1214.08 m = 3983.14 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2939.81 m = 9644.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.07 C = 96.93 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 24.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 355.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.51 mb = 1862.80 m = 6111.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.51 mb = 3993.55 m = 13102.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.51 mb = 10755.55 m = 35286.81 ft B at Equ Level: 353.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.51 mb = 12849.68 m = 42157.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 318.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 136.74 m/s