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,-94.85 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 314 25.8 16.1 55 9.7 19.3 196 26 302.2 304.4 293.8 337.8 12.06 2 950 439 23.2 15.4 62 7.8 18.0 198 40 300.7 302.8 293.0 335.0 11.67 3 900 907 18.0 14.1 78 3.9 15.5 200 51 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.3 11.33 4 850 1393 13.4 12.5 95 0.8 12.9 203 56 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.8 10.80 5 800 1902 10.4 6.6 77 3.8 8.2 214 55 302.2 303.7 290.3 325.1 7.67 6 750 2437 8.4 -3.6 42 12.1 2.7 212 50 305.7 306.5 288.0 317.8 3.90 7 700 3004 5.6 -7.7 38 13.2 -0.3 201 61 308.7 309.3 288.2 318.4 3.07 8 650 3606 1.8 -6.6 54 8.3 -2.0 198 77 311.0 311.7 289.5 322.4 3.60 9 600 4245 -3.2 -10.4 57 7.2 -6.1 198 80 312.4 313.0 289.3 321.7 2.88 10 550 4930 -6.1 -15.4 47 9.4 -9.4 202 80 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.8 2.09 11 500 5670 -10.3 -19.3 48 9.0 -13.1 206 83 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.66 12 450 6472 -16.3 -28.5 34 12.2 -19.1 208 84 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.81 13 400 7346 -23.3 -36.5 29 13.1 -25.4 207 82 324.7 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.42 14 350 8306 -32.0 -38.3 53 6.3 -32.7 209 85 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.1 0.40 15 300 9372 -41.7 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 215 89 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10581 -50.9 -52.3 85 1.4 -51.0 226 97 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.12 17 200 12016 -56.0 -64.7 33 8.7 -56.2 209 96 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13837 -60.7 -77.8 9 17.1 -60.9 205 41 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16336 -59.9 -84.2 3 24.3 -60.2 214 49 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.03 m Freezing level: 632.14 mb = 3834.37 m = 12579.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.66 mb = 2949.51 m = 9676.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.23 mb = 1530.18 m = 5020.20 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.10 mb = 1392.28 m = 4567.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 22.93 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 692.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.91 mb = 1423.75 m = 4671.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.91 mb = 1473.40 m = 4833.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.91 mb = 11063.58 m = 36297.38 ft B at Equ Level: 680.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.91 mb = 12973.97 m = 42565.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 67.1 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 50.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.0 neg: -22.8 tot: 315.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.80 Bulk Shear: 88.75 m/s