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: 40.26,-94.77 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 315 25.9 16.1 55 9.8 19.3 195 26 302.2 304.5 293.8 337.9 12.05 2 950 440 23.2 15.4 62 7.8 18.0 197 40 300.7 302.9 293.1 335.1 11.69 3 900 908 18.0 14.2 78 3.9 15.5 199 51 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.4 11.37 4 850 1395 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 202 56 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.9 10.84 5 800 1903 10.5 6.4 76 4.1 8.2 214 55 302.3 303.7 290.3 324.9 7.58 6 750 2439 8.8 -4.3 39 13.0 2.6 212 50 306.1 306.8 287.9 317.6 3.71 7 700 3007 5.9 -7.6 37 13.5 -0.1 202 62 309.0 309.6 288.3 318.7 3.07 8 650 3609 1.9 -6.0 56 7.8 -1.7 198 77 311.1 311.8 289.6 323.0 3.77 9 600 4249 -3.2 -9.9 60 6.7 -6.0 199 80 312.4 313.0 289.3 322.0 3.00 10 550 4933 -6.1 -16.1 45 10.0 -9.6 203 79 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.4 1.98 11 500 5673 -10.4 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.1 206 82 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.72 12 450 6475 -16.3 -28.4 34 12.1 -19.0 208 83 322.8 322.9 290.5 325.7 0.82 13 400 7349 -23.3 -37.1 27 13.8 -25.4 207 80 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.40 14 350 8309 -31.9 -39.2 48 7.3 -32.7 209 83 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.36 15 300 9375 -41.7 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 215 87 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.32 16 250 10584 -50.9 -52.2 86 1.3 -51.0 227 96 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.12 17 200 12019 -56.1 -64.5 34 8.5 -56.2 209 95 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13840 -60.9 -77.7 9 16.8 -61.0 205 40 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16337 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 214 48 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.51 m Freezing level: 631.67 mb = 3843.41 m = 12609.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.81 mb = 2985.35 m = 9794.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.35 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.23 mb = 1541.62 m = 5057.75 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.68 mb = 1387.84 m = 4553.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.84 C = 74.92 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 22.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.08 mb = 1423.49 m = 4670.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.08 mb = 1473.13 m = 4833.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.08 mb = 2306.25 m = 7566.36 ft B at Equ Level: 17.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.08 mb = 13349.55 m = 43797.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.4 at 66.8 knts Storm direction: 233.4 at 50.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.2 neg: -22.2 tot: 320.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.86 Bulk Shear: 88.22 m/s