MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.46,-95.16 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 969 317 17.7 15.8 89 1.8 16.5 181 13 293.5 295.6 290.9 327.0 11.77 2 950 485 16.6 15.4 92 1.2 15.8 184 23 294.1 296.1 291.0 327.3 11.64 3 900 944 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 13.9 200 34 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.0 11.13 4 850 1426 11.8 11.8 100 0.0 11.8 231 32 298.5 300.4 291.3 328.5 10.28 5 800 1933 10.8 7.3 79 3.5 8.8 254 20 302.6 304.1 290.7 326.7 8.05 6 750 2471 9.1 -1.1 49 10.3 3.9 246 21 306.5 307.4 289.0 320.9 4.69 7 700 3038 4.9 -5.4 47 10.3 0.1 225 27 307.9 308.6 288.5 319.3 3.65 8 650 3637 0.2 -8.4 53 8.5 -3.5 225 32 309.1 309.7 288.4 319.0 3.13 9 600 4274 -4.4 -10.2 63 5.9 -6.7 222 41 311.1 311.6 288.9 320.4 2.92 10 550 4952 -9.5 -11.7 84 2.2 -10.3 229 42 312.9 313.4 289.4 322.1 2.85 11 500 5683 -13.9 -17.1 77 3.2 -14.9 235 41 316.0 316.4 289.6 322.7 2.00 12 450 6475 -19.5 -23.0 74 3.5 -20.4 224 46 318.7 319.0 289.8 323.3 1.34 13 400 7338 -26.0 -28.9 76 3.0 -26.5 219 54 321.3 321.4 290.0 324.3 0.87 14 350 8292 -32.7 -33.9 89 1.2 -32.9 208 60 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.62 15 300 9358 -41.1 -42.1 90 1.0 -41.2 198 71 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.31 16 250 10569 -51.3 -52.7 84 1.5 -51.3 194 78 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.11 17 200 11988 -58.9 -64.8 47 5.9 -59.0 212 65 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 18 150 13783 -59.9 -79.0 7 19.1 -60.1 233 45 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16320 -59.3 -84.2 3 24.9 -59.7 272 37 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.47 m Freezing level: 648.27 mb = 3659.12 m = 12004.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.10 mb = 3059.97 m = 10039.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.17 mb = 546.51 m = 1793.00 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 915.00 m = 3001.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.95 C = 67.91 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.73 C K Index: 27.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 251.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.34 mb = 856.71 m = 2810.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.34 mb = 3706.55 m = 12160.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.34 mb = 8818.41 m = 28931.44 ft B at Equ Level: 250.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.34 mb = 11547.57 m = 37885.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.2 neg: -11.2 tot: 240.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 54.87 m/s