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: 40.19,-94.69 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 SFC 964 313 26.1 16.1 54 9.9 19.4 195 26 302.3 304.5 293.8 338.0 12.05 2 950 443 23.2 15.5 62 7.7 18.1 196 40 300.7 302.9 293.1 335.2 11.72 3 900 911 18.0 14.2 79 3.8 15.5 199 51 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.6 11.42 4 850 1397 13.3 12.6 96 0.7 12.9 202 56 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.0 10.88 5 800 1906 10.7 5.9 72 4.8 7.9 215 53 302.6 303.9 290.1 324.4 7.30 6 750 2442 9.3 -5.4 35 14.7 2.4 211 50 306.6 307.3 287.8 317.2 3.40 7 700 3011 6.3 -7.5 36 13.8 0.1 202 64 309.5 310.0 288.5 319.3 3.11 8 650 3614 2.0 -5.1 59 7.1 -1.3 199 77 311.2 312.0 289.9 323.9 4.02 9 600 4254 -3.2 -9.5 61 6.4 -5.8 200 78 312.5 313.0 289.5 322.4 3.09 10 550 4938 -6.2 -16.9 42 10.7 -9.8 204 78 316.8 317.1 289.6 323.0 1.85 11 500 5678 -10.5 -18.5 51 8.1 -13.0 206 80 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.3 1.77 12 450 6480 -16.2 -28.1 35 11.9 -18.9 209 81 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.8 0.84 13 400 7354 -23.2 -37.8 25 14.6 -25.4 207 77 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.37 14 350 8315 -31.8 -40.2 43 8.5 -32.7 210 81 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.33 15 300 9381 -41.7 -42.0 97 0.3 -41.7 216 86 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.32 16 250 10590 -50.9 -52.0 88 1.1 -51.0 228 95 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.12 17 200 12025 -56.2 -64.2 36 8.0 -56.3 209 94 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13845 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 209 40 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16340 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.7 213 48 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.22 m Freezing level: 630.67 mb = 3861.23 m = 12667.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.33 mb = 3065.45 m = 10057.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.23 mb = 1554.39 m = 5099.64 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.66 mb = 1380.67 m = 4529.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 22.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 698.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.79 mb = 1419.10 m = 4655.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.79 mb = 1468.71 m = 4818.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.79 mb = 2193.49 m = 7196.40 ft B at Equ Level: 12.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 702.79 mb = 2978.14 m = 9770.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.8 at 66.3 knts Storm direction: 233.8 at 49.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.4 neg: -19.4 tot: 327.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 8.17 Bulk Shear: 85.48 m/s