MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.85,-101.3 Latitude: 39.85 Longitude: -101.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 456 2 900 922 SFC 896 961 21.4 13.4 60 8.0 16.1 176 15 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.1 10.82 4 850 1417 19.1 11.7 62 7.3 14.3 179 34 306.1 308.1 293.6 337.0 10.24 5 800 1936 15.2 10.3 73 4.9 12.1 189 41 307.4 309.2 293.7 337.4 9.91 6 750 2480 11.9 7.6 75 4.4 9.3 211 37 309.5 311.2 293.4 336.3 8.75 7 700 3054 7.3 4.2 81 3.1 5.5 220 34 310.6 312.0 292.6 333.5 7.43 8 650 3660 3.1 -0.0 80 3.2 1.5 225 32 312.5 313.6 292.0 330.9 5.89 9 600 4305 -0.4 -6.1 65 5.7 -3.1 224 36 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.5 4.03 10 550 4995 -4.5 -11.9 56 7.3 -7.5 214 43 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.0 2.80 11 500 5739 -9.1 -16.4 55 7.3 -11.6 214 49 321.9 322.4 291.5 329.1 2.12 12 450 6544 -15.3 -22.2 56 6.9 -17.2 217 55 324.0 324.3 291.4 329.0 1.43 13 400 7421 -21.9 -31.5 42 9.6 -23.8 218 63 326.5 326.6 291.4 329.0 0.68 14 350 8391 -28.1 -37.9 39 9.8 -29.5 216 65 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.42 15 300 9479 -36.1 -46.7 33 10.7 -37.0 212 65 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 16 250 10718 -45.6 -54.0 38 8.4 -46.0 211 65 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.10 17 200 12179 -52.6 -69.1 12 16.6 -52.9 217 74 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 13998 -61.1 -77.0 10 15.9 -61.3 224 66 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16466 -70.8 -83.3 14 12.5 -70.9 229 24 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.36 m Freezing level: 606.19 mb = 4225.11 m = 13861.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.76 mb = 3864.09 m = 12677.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.35 mb = 1974.35 m = 6477.44 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 9.42 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.48 mb = 2802.85 m = 9195.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 308.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.00 mb = 2324.31 m = 7625.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.00 mb = 3424.70 m = 11235.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.00 mb = 9733.22 m = 31932.75 ft B at Equ Level: 306.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.00 mb = 12210.60 m = 40060.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 268.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 4.12 Bulk Shear: 74.91 m/s