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: 40.12,-94.61 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 SFC 965 311 26.2 16.2 54 10.0 19.4 195 27 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.0 12.05 2 950 446 23.2 15.5 62 7.7 18.1 196 41 300.7 302.9 293.1 335.3 11.75 3 900 914 18.0 14.3 79 3.7 15.6 198 51 300.1 302.1 292.7 333.7 11.48 4 850 1400 13.3 12.7 96 0.6 12.9 202 56 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.1 10.93 5 800 1908 10.9 5.5 69 5.4 7.8 216 52 302.8 304.1 290.0 324.1 7.11 6 750 2446 9.8 -6.6 31 16.3 2.3 210 51 307.2 307.8 287.8 317.0 3.12 7 700 3015 6.7 -7.1 37 13.8 0.4 202 66 309.9 310.5 288.7 320.0 3.19 8 650 3619 2.1 -4.3 63 6.4 -0.9 200 76 311.3 312.2 290.2 324.8 4.28 9 600 4259 -3.1 -9.2 63 6.1 -5.7 201 77 312.5 313.1 289.6 322.7 3.16 10 550 4943 -6.2 -17.7 40 11.5 -10.1 204 77 316.7 317.1 289.5 322.5 1.72 11 500 5683 -10.5 -18.2 53 7.7 -13.0 207 79 320.2 320.5 290.7 326.3 1.82 12 450 6485 -16.1 -27.9 36 11.8 -18.8 209 79 323.0 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.86 13 400 7360 -23.1 -38.6 23 15.6 -25.4 207 75 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.3 0.34 14 350 8320 -31.7 -41.4 38 9.7 -32.7 211 79 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.29 15 300 9388 -41.6 -42.0 96 0.4 -41.6 217 84 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.32 16 250 10596 -50.9 -52.0 89 1.0 -51.0 229 94 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.13 17 200 12031 -56.3 -63.9 38 7.6 -56.5 209 93 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 13849 -61.1 -77.5 10 16.4 -61.3 214 39 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16342 -60.8 -84.1 3 23.3 -61.0 212 47 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.79 m Freezing level: 629.78 mb = 3877.68 m = 12721.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.39 mb = 3198.97 m = 10495.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.57 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.57 mb = 1563.64 m = 5129.99 ft T: 12.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 21.07 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.03 mb = 1369.62 m = 4493.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 22.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.74 mb = 1412.30 m = 4633.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.74 mb = 1461.87 m = 4796.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.74 mb = 2079.41 m = 6822.14 ft B at Equ Level: 12.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.74 mb = 2626.71 m = 8617.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.3 at 65.8 knts Storm direction: 234.3 at 49.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.5 neg: -14.9 tot: 333.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 8.52 Bulk Shear: 82.73 m/s