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: 39.61,-98.47 Latitude: 39.61 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 1 950 461 SFC 946 493 21.2 17.5 80 3.7 18.7 135 16 299.0 301.4 293.9 338.1 13.41 3 900 930 20.1 16.2 78 3.9 17.5 158 35 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.6 13.00 4 850 1423 18.8 12.9 69 5.9 14.9 183 41 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.1 11.08 5 800 1942 17.0 1.3 35 15.7 8.3 212 32 309.2 310.2 290.4 325.5 5.25 6 750 2487 12.5 -5.5 28 18.0 3.9 217 37 310.2 310.8 289.0 320.9 3.38 7 700 3060 7.8 -9.3 29 17.1 0.3 226 40 311.1 311.6 288.6 319.8 2.70 8 650 3666 3.5 -14.1 26 17.6 -3.3 234 37 312.9 313.3 288.5 319.3 1.97 9 600 4310 -0.0 -21.2 19 21.2 -6.9 234 36 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.0 1.17 10 550 5001 -4.5 -24.8 19 20.3 -10.3 231 39 318.8 319.0 289.3 322.0 0.93 11 500 5743 -9.9 -27.2 23 17.3 -14.3 232 40 320.9 321.1 289.9 323.8 0.82 12 450 6545 -16.5 -29.0 33 12.5 -19.3 234 45 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.3 0.77 13 400 7418 -23.3 -27.9 66 4.6 -24.3 228 49 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.1 0.97 14 350 8382 -30.1 -31.8 85 1.8 -30.4 229 45 328.2 328.3 292.0 330.9 0.76 15 300 9458 -39.4 -39.6 98 0.2 -39.4 234 46 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.41 16 250 10676 -50.2 -51.3 88 1.1 -50.3 238 52 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.14 17 200 12092 -62.2 -63.3 87 1.1 -62.2 239 56 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 18 150 13850 -64.2 -73.8 26 9.6 -64.3 248 63 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16368 -61.5 -84.0 3 22.5 -61.7 250 29 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.32 m Freezing level: 600.68 mb = 4301.48 m = 14112.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.70 mb = 3110.73 m = 10205.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.65 mb = 961.68 m = 3155.07 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.27 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.49 mb = 2436.86 m = 7994.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 24.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1401.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.05 mb = 1533.84 m = 5032.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.05 mb = 3248.64 m = 10658.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.05 mb = 12600.17 m = 41338.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1382.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.05 mb = 15029.63 m = 49309.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 526.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 526.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.25 Bulk Rich Number: 7.85 Bulk Shear: 178.52 m/s