MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.49,-98.56 Latitude: 39.49 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 1 950 457 SFC 947 485 22.2 16.4 70 5.8 18.3 135 15 300.0 302.2 293.4 336.5 12.48 3 900 928 21.8 15.1 66 6.7 17.2 160 33 303.9 306.2 294.3 339.8 12.04 4 850 1423 19.3 12.0 62 7.3 14.6 182 40 306.4 308.3 293.7 337.7 10.40 5 800 1942 17.2 0.6 32 16.6 8.2 211 31 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.0 4.99 6 750 2488 12.8 -6.2 26 19.0 3.8 217 36 310.5 311.1 288.9 320.6 3.21 7 700 3062 7.8 -8.9 29 16.7 0.4 226 41 311.1 311.7 288.8 320.0 2.78 8 650 3667 3.2 -13.5 28 16.7 -3.3 235 38 312.6 313.0 288.5 319.3 2.07 9 600 4311 -0.3 -20.8 19 20.6 -7.0 235 36 315.8 316.0 288.7 319.9 1.21 10 550 5001 -4.5 -24.7 19 20.2 -10.3 232 41 318.7 318.9 289.3 322.0 0.94 11 500 5743 -9.9 -27.3 23 17.4 -14.3 232 41 320.9 321.1 289.9 323.8 0.82 12 450 6545 -16.4 -29.0 33 12.6 -19.2 235 46 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.3 0.77 13 400 7418 -23.2 -27.5 68 4.3 -24.1 228 50 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.4 1.00 14 350 8383 -29.9 -32.0 82 2.0 -30.3 229 45 328.4 328.5 292.0 331.1 0.75 15 300 9460 -39.3 -39.6 98 0.2 -39.4 234 46 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.41 16 250 10678 -50.1 -51.4 86 1.3 -50.2 238 52 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 17 200 12095 -61.9 -63.5 82 1.6 -61.9 239 56 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 18 150 13855 -64.1 -73.8 25 9.7 -64.2 249 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16369 -61.7 -84.0 4 22.3 -61.9 251 31 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.37 m Freezing level: 603.87 mb = 4260.79 m = 13978.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.27 mb = 3128.78 m = 10264.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.81 mb = 1223.57 m = 4014.28 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 20.43 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.91 mb = 2634.56 m = 8643.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.68 C = 90.83 F Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 24.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1157.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.82 mb = 1816.78 m = 5960.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.82 mb = 3336.56 m = 10946.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.82 mb = 12511.78 m = 41048.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1136.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.82 mb = 14895.62 m = 48869.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 500.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 500.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.24 Bulk Rich Number: 6.79 Bulk Shear: 170.37 m/s