MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 39.24,-98.23 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 465 24.9 14.7 53 10.2 18.2 162 9 301.7 303.7 292.9 334.3 11.05 2 950 548 26.1 14.2 48 11.8 18.2 167 15 303.6 305.6 293.3 335.8 10.81 3 900 1022 22.7 12.6 53 10.1 16.1 185 23 304.9 306.8 293.2 335.6 10.24 4 850 1516 18.3 11.3 64 7.0 13.8 200 24 305.3 307.2 293.1 335.2 9.95 5 800 2032 13.9 9.8 77 4.0 11.3 212 27 305.9 307.7 293.0 334.8 9.58 6 750 2574 10.4 6.4 76 4.0 8.0 221 28 307.9 309.4 292.4 332.4 8.06 7 700 3146 7.7 0.1 59 7.6 3.7 233 29 311.0 312.1 291.2 328.2 5.52 8 650 3752 2.9 -3.2 64 6.1 -0.1 239 30 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.9 4.65 9 600 4395 -2.2 -5.8 77 3.6 -3.9 247 32 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.7 4.14 10 550 5080 -6.9 -11.2 72 4.3 -8.6 254 33 315.9 316.5 290.5 325.5 2.96 11 500 5818 -10.7 -27.8 23 17.1 -14.9 253 35 319.9 320.1 289.6 322.7 0.78 12 450 6621 -15.4 -35.2 17 19.8 -19.2 251 36 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.42 13 400 7499 -21.5 -41.8 14 20.3 -24.4 251 38 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8468 -29.0 -46.7 17 17.7 -30.7 253 40 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 15 300 9549 -38.4 -50.4 27 12.0 -39.2 249 44 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.13 16 250 10775 -48.5 -52.8 61 4.3 -48.7 252 51 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.11 17 200 12207 -58.4 -61.9 65 3.4 -58.5 255 59 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 18 150 13997 -61.5 -77.9 10 16.4 -61.6 248 61 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16474 -66.8 -83.4 8 16.5 -67.0 251 50 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.77 m Freezing level: 621.80 mb = 4114.65 m = 13499.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.30 mb = 3736.04 m = 12257.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.62 mb = 1764.05 m = 5787.50 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 13.13 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.45 mb = 2691.41 m = 8829.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.07 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 32.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.68 mb = 2216.09 m = 7270.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.68 mb = 3781.05 m = 12404.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.68 mb = 11098.88 m = 36413.19 ft B at Equ Level: 435.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.68 mb = 13303.84 m = 43647.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.26 Bulk Shear: 83.48 m/s