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: 39.78,-98.00 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 473 SFC 949 479 19.1 17.4 90 1.7 17.9 145 16 296.6 299.0 293.0 334.9 13.28 3 900 937 16.9 16.5 98 0.4 16.6 161 36 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.4 13.23 4 850 1427 17.6 14.0 80 3.5 15.2 193 44 304.5 306.7 294.3 340.1 11.91 5 800 1945 16.2 5.6 49 10.6 10.0 218 36 308.5 309.8 291.8 330.4 7.15 6 750 2490 12.3 -4.0 32 16.2 4.2 224 41 309.9 310.6 289.3 321.9 3.80 7 700 3063 8.7 -11.9 22 20.6 0.1 234 36 312.1 312.5 288.5 319.2 2.19 8 650 3671 5.0 -17.6 18 22.6 -3.2 236 30 314.7 314.9 288.6 319.6 1.48 9 600 4318 0.6 -22.1 16 22.7 -6.7 231 30 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.5 1.08 10 550 5009 -4.5 -25.0 18 20.5 -10.4 227 28 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.9 0.91 11 500 5751 -10.4 -26.9 25 16.4 -14.6 226 29 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.3 0.85 12 450 6551 -17.0 -28.6 36 11.6 -19.6 229 35 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.80 13 400 7423 -24.1 -31.1 52 7.0 -25.4 230 45 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.2 0.71 14 350 8381 -32.0 -32.0 100 -0.0 -32.0 225 48 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.75 15 300 9452 -39.8 -39.8 100 -0.0 -39.8 234 50 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.7 0.40 16 250 10669 -50.5 -50.5 100 0.0 -50.5 244 56 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 12083 -62.5 -63.2 91 0.7 -62.4 242 63 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.04 18 150 13849 -62.4 -76.1 14 13.7 -62.6 249 58 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16374 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.7 242 24 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.81 m Freezing level: 594.51 mb = 4394.22 m = 14416.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.81 mb = 3077.01 m = 10095.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.26 mb = 689.95 m = 2263.59 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 20.87 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.60 mb = 2304.72 m = 7561.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 21.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1179.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.18 mb = 1147.12 m = 3763.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.18 mb = 4409.10 m = 14465.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.18 mb = 12622.48 m = 41411.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1131.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.18 mb = 14589.40 m = 47864.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 537.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 533.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.85 Bulk Rich Number: 9.08 Bulk Shear: 129.79 m/s