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,-95 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 965 305 25.9 16.2 55 9.7 19.3 197 27 302.2 304.4 293.8 337.9 12.08 2 950 439 23.1 15.4 62 7.7 17.9 198 41 300.6 302.8 293.0 334.9 11.67 3 900 907 18.0 14.1 78 3.9 15.4 200 52 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.1 11.28 4 850 1393 13.4 12.4 93 1.0 12.7 203 57 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.6 10.68 5 800 1901 10.7 5.6 70 5.2 7.8 216 55 302.6 303.9 289.9 323.9 7.12 6 750 2437 8.2 -3.8 42 12.0 2.5 214 49 305.5 306.2 287.9 317.3 3.84 7 700 3003 5.4 -8.2 37 13.6 -0.5 202 59 308.5 309.0 288.0 317.7 2.94 8 650 3605 1.8 -7.0 52 8.8 -2.1 198 78 311.0 311.7 289.3 322.0 3.48 9 600 4245 -3.1 -11.3 53 8.2 -6.3 198 81 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.2 2.69 10 550 4929 -5.9 -14.5 51 8.6 -9.1 202 80 317.1 317.5 290.2 324.6 2.26 11 500 5670 -10.1 -19.9 45 9.8 -13.2 206 84 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.0 1.57 12 450 6472 -16.5 -28.6 34 12.2 -19.2 209 86 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.80 13 400 7345 -23.5 -35.3 33 11.9 -25.4 209 84 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.47 14 350 8305 -32.2 -36.6 64 4.5 -32.7 211 87 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.47 15 300 9370 -41.8 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.8 216 90 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.32 16 250 10579 -50.8 -52.1 86 1.3 -50.9 227 99 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.12 17 200 12015 -55.9 -64.9 32 9.0 -56.1 209 97 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13836 -60.3 -78.2 8 17.9 -60.4 205 41 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16336 -60.0 -84.3 3 24.3 -60.3 213 49 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.29 m Freezing level: 631.61 mb = 3840.25 m = 12599.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.49 mb = 2904.29 m = 9528.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.72 mb = 1524.99 m = 5003.18 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1416.09 m = 4645.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.09 C = 75.35 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 22.31 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 675.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.67 mb = 1425.90 m = 4678.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.67 mb = 1475.57 m = 4841.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.67 mb = 11068.88 m = 36314.79 ft B at Equ Level: 661.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.67 mb = 12982.14 m = 42591.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 67.4 knts Storm direction: 233.7 at 50.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 4.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.3 neg: -25.3 tot: 318.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.86 Bulk Shear: 85.97 m/s