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: 40.32,-94.69 Latitude: 40.32 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 -4 SFC 964 318 26.0 16.1 55 9.9 19.3 195 26 302.3 304.5 293.8 337.9 12.03 2 950 441 23.3 15.4 61 7.8 18.0 196 40 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.2 11.69 3 900 909 18.1 14.2 78 3.9 15.5 199 50 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.5 11.38 4 850 1395 13.4 12.6 95 0.7 12.9 202 55 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.1 10.88 5 800 1903 10.5 6.5 77 3.9 8.2 214 54 302.3 303.7 290.3 325.1 7.63 6 750 2439 8.9 -4.6 38 13.6 2.5 211 50 306.3 306.9 287.9 317.5 3.61 7 700 3007 6.1 -7.8 36 13.8 -0.0 202 63 309.2 309.8 288.3 318.9 3.05 8 650 3610 1.9 -5.6 57 7.5 -1.6 199 77 311.1 311.8 289.8 323.3 3.86 9 600 4250 -3.3 -9.3 63 6.0 -5.8 199 79 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.4 3.14 10 550 4934 -6.2 -16.7 43 10.5 -9.8 203 79 316.7 317.1 289.6 323.0 1.88 11 500 5674 -10.4 -18.5 52 8.1 -13.0 206 81 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.3 1.78 12 450 6476 -16.2 -28.3 35 12.1 -19.0 208 82 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.8 0.83 13 400 7350 -23.2 -37.7 25 14.5 -25.4 206 78 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.37 14 350 8310 -31.8 -40.3 43 8.5 -32.7 209 82 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.32 15 300 9377 -41.7 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 215 86 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.32 16 250 10586 -51.0 -52.1 87 1.2 -51.0 227 96 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.12 17 200 12020 -56.1 -64.5 34 8.4 -56.2 209 95 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13841 -61.1 -77.5 10 16.4 -61.3 203 41 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16337 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 214 48 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.92 m Freezing level: 631.67 mb = 3844.56 m = 12613.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.75 mb = 2998.58 m = 9837.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.61 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.24 mb = 1552.06 m = 5091.98 ft T: 12.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 20.37 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1387.28 m = 4551.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 22.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 703.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.80 mb = 1426.76 m = 4680.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.80 mb = 1476.41 m = 4843.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.80 mb = 2309.83 m = 7578.08 ft B at Equ Level: 16.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.80 mb = 13361.72 m = 43837.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 66.6 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 50.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.7 neg: -23.3 tot: 325.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 89.87 m/s