MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 39.24,-100.36 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 495 SFC 915 817 18.8 13.6 72 5.2 15.4 172 22 299.5 301.4 291.9 330.9 10.73 3 900 959 17.9 13.2 74 4.7 14.8 173 33 299.9 301.9 292.0 331.1 10.64 4 850 1445 13.5 12.0 90 1.6 12.6 179 41 300.3 302.2 292.0 330.9 10.41 5 800 1956 13.4 9.1 75 4.4 10.7 208 28 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.8 9.08 6 750 2499 11.0 5.2 68 5.8 7.6 227 20 308.5 309.9 292.0 331.1 7.41 7 700 3071 6.7 1.6 70 5.1 3.9 244 16 309.9 311.0 291.4 328.9 6.14 8 650 3675 2.8 -4.5 59 7.3 -0.7 232 15 312.2 313.0 290.4 325.5 4.22 9 600 4318 -1.9 -6.9 68 5.1 -4.1 207 15 314.0 314.7 290.6 326.1 3.79 10 550 5004 -6.7 -9.3 81 2.7 -7.8 201 19 316.2 316.8 290.9 327.3 3.43 11 500 5741 -11.8 -13.9 84 2.1 -12.6 213 23 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.3 2.60 12 450 6540 -16.5 -22.4 61 5.8 -18.1 220 33 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.3 1.41 13 400 7416 -22.2 -31.2 44 9.0 -23.9 228 41 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.70 14 350 8383 -29.5 -42.0 29 12.5 -30.9 232 46 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.27 15 300 9462 -38.4 -56.2 14 17.8 -39.4 234 50 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.06 16 250 10689 -47.3 -63.6 14 16.2 -47.8 231 58 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 17 200 12142 -53.3 -71.1 10 17.8 -53.7 235 58 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13978 -57.8 -82.2 3 24.4 -58.0 248 60 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16470 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.5 264 32 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.95 m Freezing level: 619.90 mb = 4061.86 m = 13326.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.48 mb = 3581.67 m = 11750.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.55 mb = 1479.53 m = 4854.06 ft T: 13.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 7.28 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.77 mb = 2668.92 m = 8756.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.81 mb = 1708.98 m = 5606.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.81 mb = 4466.04 m = 14652.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.81 mb = 7253.72 m = 23798.01 ft B at Equ Level: 78.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.81 mb = 9717.97 m = 31882.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 180.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 49.33 m/s