MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.22,-101.05 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -101.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 514 SFC 907 908 14.9 0.1 36 14.8 7.5 309 14 296.2 297.0 284.9 308.9 4.26 3 900 972 14.3 -0.9 35 15.2 6.8 310 18 296.2 296.9 284.6 308.0 3.98 4 850 1451 11.0 -2.5 39 13.5 4.6 315 30 297.7 298.4 284.9 308.9 3.73 5 800 1954 8.3 -4.1 41 12.4 2.5 307 26 299.9 300.6 285.5 310.6 3.51 6 750 2483 4.1 -5.8 48 9.9 -0.3 296 26 301.0 301.6 285.7 311.0 3.29 7 700 3039 -0.0 -8.1 55 8.1 -3.3 283 27 302.5 303.0 285.9 311.7 2.97 8 650 3628 -4.4 -11.0 60 6.6 -6.8 271 28 304.0 304.5 286.0 312.0 2.55 9 600 4255 -7.4 -15.6 52 8.2 -10.1 258 28 307.5 307.9 286.6 313.6 1.89 10 550 4927 -11.7 -17.4 62 5.8 -13.5 271 33 310.2 310.6 287.4 316.0 1.77 11 500 5650 -17.1 -22.6 62 5.5 -18.5 281 35 312.2 312.4 287.5 316.3 1.24 12 450 6431 -23.1 -27.6 67 4.5 -23.9 280 36 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.2 0.88 13 400 7281 -30.2 -32.1 84 1.8 -30.5 272 36 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.0 0.65 14 350 8215 -37.9 -37.9 99 0.1 -37.9 255 41 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.41 15 300 9262 -43.3 -52.5 36 9.2 -43.7 251 46 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.10 16 250 10485 -44.3 -65.6 8 21.3 -45.0 259 48 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 17 200 11969 -49.2 -72.6 5 23.4 -49.7 258 58 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 13832 -55.7 -79.9 3 24.1 -56.1 271 42 374.0 374.0 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16361 -61.2 -84.8 3 23.6 -61.4 273 34 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.01 m Freezing level: 700.07 mb = 3038.57 m = 9968.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.86 mb = 2429.80 m = 7971.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.88 % Est. max temperature: 19.38 C = 66.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.44 mb = 2751.37 m = 9026.71 ft T: 2.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 0.83 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.16 mb = 4123.28 m = 13527.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.32 F Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lifted Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Showalter Index: 5.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 14.58 C K Index: 17.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11676.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.02 mb = 3118.87 m = 10232.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.3 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 312.3 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -37.6 tot: -36.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 32.16 m/s