MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 40.46,-90.91 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 990 200 31.3 13.2 33 18.1 19.4 213 13 305.3 307.0 292.9 334.2 9.65 2 950 569 26.9 12.1 40 14.8 17.4 216 20 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.6 9.39 3 900 1043 22.3 11.3 50 11.0 15.3 217 20 304.5 306.3 292.4 332.6 9.39 4 850 1536 17.6 10.5 63 7.1 13.1 219 20 304.6 306.3 292.4 332.8 9.41 5 800 2050 12.7 9.5 81 3.1 10.7 221 20 304.7 306.4 292.4 332.8 9.38 6 750 2589 8.1 7.5 96 0.7 7.8 233 21 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.5 8.69 7 700 3157 5.7 1.7 75 4.0 3.5 247 25 308.8 310.0 291.1 327.9 6.19 8 650 3759 1.5 -1.8 78 3.4 -0.2 249 28 310.7 311.7 290.8 326.8 5.15 9 600 4399 -2.8 -6.9 73 4.1 -4.6 249 30 312.9 313.6 290.3 325.1 3.81 10 550 5085 -6.1 -15.6 47 9.4 -9.5 246 32 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.7 2.07 11 500 5825 -10.3 -18.5 51 8.2 -13.0 243 32 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.5 1.78 12 450 6628 -15.9 -22.6 56 6.7 -17.8 242 32 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.0 1.38 13 400 7504 -22.4 -27.0 66 4.6 -23.4 242 36 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.6 1.05 14 350 8471 -29.6 -31.3 85 1.7 -29.9 242 39 328.8 329.0 292.2 331.8 0.80 15 300 9550 -38.5 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.5 248 40 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10775 -48.6 -48.7 99 0.1 -48.6 251 42 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 17 200 12205 -58.7 -60.8 76 2.1 -58.7 253 48 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 18 150 13987 -63.5 -76.0 17 12.5 -63.6 259 62 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16463 -65.9 -83.3 7 17.3 -66.1 255 47 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.20 m Freezing level: 632.18 mb = 3987.43 m = 13081.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.11 mb = 3732.99 m = 12247.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.62 mb = 2460.38 m = 8072.02 ft T: 9.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.42 mb = 2506.48 m = 8223.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.29 C = 88.33 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 34.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.42 mb = 2429.73 m = 7971.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.42 mb = 3399.46 m = 11152.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.42 mb = 9562.60 m = 31372.98 ft B at Equ Level: 165.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.42 mb = 11909.99 m = 39074.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.17 Bulk Shear: 18.09 m/s