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,-94.92 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 965 307 26.0 16.2 55 9.8 19.4 196 27 302.2 304.4 293.8 337.9 12.08 2 950 440 23.1 15.4 62 7.7 18.0 198 41 300.7 302.8 293.0 335.0 11.68 3 900 908 18.0 14.1 78 3.9 15.5 200 52 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.2 11.32 4 850 1394 13.4 12.4 94 1.0 12.8 203 57 300.2 302.1 292.2 331.7 10.73 5 800 1903 10.7 5.5 70 5.2 7.8 216 54 302.6 303.9 289.9 323.9 7.12 6 750 2439 8.5 -4.3 40 12.8 2.5 213 50 305.8 306.5 287.9 317.3 3.71 7 700 3006 5.7 -8.0 37 13.7 -0.3 202 61 308.8 309.3 288.2 318.2 2.99 8 650 3608 1.9 -6.4 54 8.3 -1.9 198 78 311.1 311.8 289.5 322.6 3.64 9 600 4248 -3.1 -10.8 55 7.7 -6.2 199 80 312.5 313.1 289.2 321.5 2.79 10 550 4932 -5.9 -15.1 48 9.2 -9.2 203 79 317.0 317.5 290.0 324.2 2.15 11 500 5673 -10.2 -19.6 46 9.3 -13.2 207 83 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.62 12 450 6475 -16.4 -28.5 34 12.1 -19.1 209 85 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.5 0.81 13 400 7348 -23.4 -35.9 31 12.6 -25.4 209 82 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.44 14 350 8308 -32.1 -37.4 59 5.4 -32.7 211 85 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.1 0.44 15 300 9374 -41.8 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.8 216 89 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10582 -50.8 -52.1 87 1.2 -50.9 227 98 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.12 17 200 12018 -56.0 -64.7 33 8.7 -56.2 209 96 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13839 -60.5 -78.0 8 17.6 -60.6 207 41 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16337 -60.2 -84.2 3 24.1 -60.4 213 49 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.62 m Freezing level: 631.22 mb = 3848.16 m = 12625.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.96 mb = 2936.06 m = 9632.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.08 mb = 1532.87 m = 5029.05 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 20.59 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1400.14 m = 4593.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.99 C = 75.18 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 22.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 676.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.10 mb = 1423.03 m = 4668.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.10 mb = 1472.68 m = 4831.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 742.10 mb = 2525.85 m = 8286.82 ft B at Equ Level: 12.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.10 mb = 12969.05 m = 42548.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.8 at 67.1 knts Storm direction: 233.8 at 50.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.7 neg: -23.4 tot: 319.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 85.15 m/s