MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.11,-94.79 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -94.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 965 308 26.1 16.2 54 9.9 19.4 196 27 302.3 304.5 293.8 338.0 12.07 2 950 443 23.2 15.5 62 7.7 18.0 197 41 300.7 302.8 293.1 335.1 11.71 3 900 911 18.0 14.2 79 3.8 15.5 199 51 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.4 11.39 4 850 1397 13.3 12.5 95 0.8 12.9 203 56 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.9 10.81 5 800 1905 10.8 5.5 69 5.4 7.8 216 54 302.7 304.0 289.9 323.9 7.08 6 750 2442 9.1 -5.2 36 14.3 2.4 212 50 306.4 307.1 287.8 317.2 3.46 7 700 3010 6.1 -7.6 37 13.7 -0.0 202 63 309.2 309.8 288.4 319.0 3.07 8 650 3613 2.0 -5.5 58 7.4 -1.5 199 77 311.2 311.9 289.8 323.6 3.92 9 600 4253 -3.1 -10.1 58 7.1 -6.0 200 79 312.5 313.1 289.3 322.0 2.94 10 550 4937 -6.0 -16.2 45 10.1 -9.6 204 78 316.9 317.3 289.8 323.5 1.97 11 500 5677 -10.4 -19.0 49 8.6 -13.1 207 81 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.71 12 450 6480 -16.3 -28.2 35 11.9 -19.0 209 82 322.8 322.9 290.5 325.7 0.83 13 400 7353 -23.2 -37.0 27 13.7 -25.4 208 79 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.40 14 350 8313 -31.9 -38.9 50 7.0 -32.7 211 83 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.38 15 300 9380 -41.7 -42.0 97 0.2 -41.8 217 87 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.32 16 250 10589 -50.9 -52.0 88 1.1 -50.9 228 96 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.13 17 200 12024 -56.1 -64.3 35 8.2 -56.3 209 95 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13844 -60.7 -77.8 9 17.1 -60.9 210 40 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16340 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.7 213 48 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.98 m Freezing level: 630.51 mb = 3862.15 m = 12670.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.20 mb = 3007.70 m = 9867.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.00 mb = 1546.23 m = 5072.86 ft T: 12.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.78 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1385.11 m = 4544.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.93 C = 75.08 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 22.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 684.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.85 mb = 1418.13 m = 4652.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.85 mb = 1467.74 m = 4815.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.85 mb = 2192.50 m = 7193.15 ft B at Equ Level: 11.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 692.85 mb = 3093.56 m = 10149.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 66.5 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 49.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.8 neg: -19.9 tot: 324.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 8.18 Bulk Shear: 83.69 m/s