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: 40.37,-101.44 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -101.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 520 SFC 901 971 13.5 0.6 41 12.9 7.0 320 18 295.4 296.2 284.7 308.5 4.44 3 900 976 13.3 0.3 41 13.0 6.8 320 18 295.2 296.0 284.6 308.0 4.34 4 850 1453 9.1 -1.4 48 10.6 4.1 321 32 295.7 296.4 284.4 307.7 4.05 5 800 1954 7.4 -3.5 46 10.9 2.4 314 30 299.1 299.7 285.4 310.2 3.69 6 750 2482 3.7 -5.5 51 9.3 -0.3 306 29 300.6 301.3 285.7 310.9 3.37 7 700 3038 -0.3 -8.0 56 7.7 -3.4 292 27 302.1 302.7 285.8 311.3 2.98 8 650 3626 -4.7 -10.8 63 6.1 -7.0 280 30 303.6 304.1 285.9 311.7 2.58 9 600 4251 -7.9 -15.3 55 7.4 -10.4 271 34 307.0 307.3 286.5 313.2 1.94 10 550 4923 -11.9 -21.3 45 9.4 -14.5 282 37 310.0 310.2 286.8 314.2 1.27 11 500 5645 -16.8 -27.9 38 11.1 -19.1 282 40 312.6 312.7 287.2 315.2 0.77 12 450 6427 -23.0 -31.6 45 8.6 -24.5 280 40 314.3 314.4 287.6 316.4 0.60 13 400 7277 -30.4 -33.5 74 3.1 -30.8 269 38 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.5 0.57 14 350 8210 -38.4 -39.5 89 1.1 -38.5 255 40 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.3 0.36 15 300 9255 -43.5 -55.4 26 11.9 -44.0 257 46 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.07 16 250 10478 -44.5 -66.2 7 21.7 -45.2 267 48 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 17 200 11965 -48.6 -73.0 4 24.4 -49.1 258 56 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13826 -55.3 -80.0 3 24.7 -55.6 272 41 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16358 -61.2 -84.7 3 23.5 -61.5 273 34 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.45 m Freezing level: 703.85 mb = 2994.90 m = 9825.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.16 mb = 2414.75 m = 7922.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.35 % Est. max temperature: 18.60 C = 65.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.82 mb = 2580.90 m = 8467.43 ft T: 3.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.82 mb = 3736.88 m = 12259.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.09 C = 71.76 F Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lifted Index: 6.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.59 C Showalter Index: 7.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 15.33 C K Index: 16.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11648.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.90 mb = 2867.90 m = 9409.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.2 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 318.2 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -31.7 tot: -30.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 43.53 m/s