MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 39.13,-95.69 Latitude: 39.13 Longitude: -95.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 976 327 26.4 13.9 46 12.5 18.2 192 17 301.6 303.5 292.2 332.0 10.26 2 950 565 23.5 13.1 52 10.5 16.8 198 26 301.1 302.9 291.9 330.5 9.99 3 900 1036 23.7 12.7 50 10.9 16.5 219 39 305.9 307.8 293.6 336.9 10.32 4 850 1533 20.3 10.5 53 9.8 14.0 221 35 307.4 309.2 293.3 335.9 9.39 5 800 2053 16.5 7.4 55 9.1 11.0 220 30 308.7 310.3 292.7 333.5 8.11 6 750 2599 12.3 3.7 55 8.7 7.3 220 24 310.0 311.2 291.9 330.5 6.65 7 700 3173 7.8 1.8 66 6.0 4.5 230 16 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.5 6.22 8 650 3779 3.1 -1.4 72 4.6 0.8 240 13 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.1 5.30 9 600 4422 -2.1 -4.4 85 2.3 -3.2 235 13 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.3 4.62 10 550 5109 -5.6 -17.2 40 11.5 -9.6 234 14 317.4 317.7 289.8 323.4 1.81 11 500 5851 -9.7 -24.4 29 14.7 -13.8 255 15 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.8 1.06 12 450 6655 -15.1 -32.4 21 17.3 -18.7 264 21 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.3 0.56 13 400 7533 -21.9 -38.1 22 16.2 -24.4 264 26 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.36 14 350 8502 -29.0 -44.6 21 15.6 -30.7 262 39 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.21 15 300 9587 -36.8 -51.1 21 14.3 -37.8 273 41 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 16 250 10822 -46.1 -51.6 54 5.5 -46.4 276 73 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.13 17 200 12274 -54.3 -68.3 16 14.0 -54.6 278 72 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 18 150 14081 -63.7 -77.5 14 13.7 -63.8 283 76 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16520 -68.7 -83.1 11 14.4 -68.7 283 32 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.03 m Freezing level: 620.16 mb = 4163.20 m = 13658.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.19 mb = 3901.59 m = 12800.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.40 mb = 1921.23 m = 6303.16 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 6.44 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.01 mb = 3031.36 m = 9945.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.58 C = 96.04 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 34.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 296.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.77 mb = 2183.50 m = 7163.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.77 mb = 3995.32 m = 13107.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 332.77 mb = 8856.93 m = 29057.81 ft B at Equ Level: 127.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.77 mb = 10747.33 m = 35259.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.9 neg: -42.8 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.27 Bulk Shear: 17.55 m/s