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: 40.23,-94.65 Latitude: 40.23 Longitude: -94.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 315 26.1 16.1 54 9.9 19.3 195 26 302.4 304.6 293.8 338.0 12.04 2 950 443 23.2 15.5 62 7.8 18.1 196 40 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.2 11.72 3 900 911 18.0 14.3 79 3.8 15.5 198 51 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.6 11.43 4 850 1397 13.3 12.7 96 0.7 12.9 202 56 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.1 10.90 5 800 1906 10.7 6.0 73 4.7 8.0 215 53 302.5 303.9 290.1 324.5 7.36 6 750 2442 9.3 -5.5 35 14.9 2.4 210 50 306.7 307.3 287.8 317.2 3.37 7 700 3011 6.4 -7.6 36 13.9 0.1 202 65 309.6 310.1 288.5 319.4 3.09 8 650 3614 2.0 -5.0 60 7.0 -1.3 199 77 311.2 312.0 290.0 324.0 4.06 9 600 4254 -3.2 -9.2 63 6.0 -5.7 200 78 312.4 313.0 289.5 322.6 3.17 10 550 4938 -6.2 -17.2 41 11.0 -9.9 204 78 316.7 317.1 289.6 322.8 1.81 11 500 5678 -10.5 -18.4 52 7.9 -13.0 206 80 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.3 1.80 12 450 6480 -16.2 -28.1 35 11.9 -18.9 208 81 322.9 323.1 290.5 325.9 0.84 13 400 7354 -23.1 -38.1 24 15.0 -25.4 206 77 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.36 14 350 8315 -31.7 -40.8 40 9.1 -32.7 210 81 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.31 15 300 9382 -41.7 -42.0 97 0.3 -41.7 216 85 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.32 16 250 10591 -51.0 -52.0 88 1.1 -51.0 228 95 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 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 -61.1 -77.5 10 16.4 -61.3 208 40 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16339 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.6 213 48 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.23 m Freezing level: 630.77 mb = 3860.31 m = 12664.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.13 mb = 3067.90 m = 10065.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.76 mb = 1559.06 m = 5114.98 ft T: 12.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1379.74 m = 4526.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.85 C = 74.92 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 22.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 703.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.59 mb = 1421.11 m = 4662.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.59 mb = 1470.73 m = 4825.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.59 mb = 2195.64 m = 7203.45 ft B at Equ Level: 13.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 712.59 mb = 2864.14 m = 9396.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 66.2 knts Storm direction: 233.7 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): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.6 neg: -20.0 tot: 329.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.9 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: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 8.12 Bulk Shear: 86.61 m/s