MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 40.86,-90.44 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 989 216 20.2 17.3 84 2.8 18.3 5 1 294.3 296.6 291.9 330.6 12.70 2 950 563 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 17.1 213 12 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.7 10.61 3 900 1033 20.9 11.5 55 9.3 14.9 208 24 303.0 304.8 292.1 331.4 9.53 4 850 1524 16.8 10.4 66 6.4 12.8 209 28 303.8 305.5 292.2 331.7 9.35 5 800 2038 12.7 8.9 78 3.8 10.4 216 30 304.7 306.4 292.2 331.6 8.98 6 750 2577 9.0 6.3 83 2.7 7.4 225 28 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.5 7.98 7 700 3146 5.2 2.9 85 2.3 3.9 230 26 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.0 6.76 8 650 3748 1.5 -0.6 86 2.1 0.4 235 29 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.3 5.66 9 600 4389 -2.3 -4.1 88 1.8 -3.2 239 33 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.3 4.71 10 550 5075 -6.0 -8.5 83 2.4 -7.1 239 34 316.9 317.6 291.4 328.8 3.67 11 500 5816 -10.4 -13.3 79 2.9 -11.5 240 36 320.3 320.9 291.6 329.5 2.75 12 450 6620 -15.5 -18.5 78 3.0 -16.4 247 39 323.8 324.1 291.9 330.5 1.97 13 400 7498 -21.6 -23.1 88 1.4 -22.0 254 37 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.1 1.50 14 350 8467 -29.2 -30.0 93 0.8 -29.3 255 38 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.7 0.91 15 300 9548 -38.2 -38.9 94 0.7 -38.3 257 41 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.44 16 250 10774 -48.7 -49.4 92 0.8 -48.7 269 41 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 17 200 12203 -59.1 -60.8 81 1.7 -59.1 275 45 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 18 150 13980 -63.8 -72.3 31 8.4 -63.9 264 67 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16454 -65.4 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.5 258 51 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.32 m Freezing level: 630.29 mb = 4000.26 m = 13124.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.08 mb = 3820.89 m = 12535.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.26 mb = 578.83 m = 1899.02 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.41 mb = 2309.61 m = 7577.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.53 mb = 1680.07 m = 5511.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.53 mb = 3629.46 m = 11907.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.53 mb = 5669.17 m = 18599.40 ft B at Equ Level: 47.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 369.53 mb = 8073.08 m = 26486.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.7 neg: -15.7 tot: 121.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 54.79 m/s