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,-94.77 Latitude: 40.32 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 -6 SFC 963 318 25.9 16.1 55 9.8 19.2 195 26 302.2 304.4 293.8 337.8 12.04 2 950 439 23.2 15.4 62 7.8 18.0 197 40 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.1 11.67 3 900 907 18.1 14.2 78 3.9 15.5 199 50 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.4 11.35 4 850 1394 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 202 56 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.0 10.84 5 800 1902 10.4 6.8 79 3.6 8.3 214 55 302.2 303.6 290.4 325.3 7.77 6 750 2438 8.6 -3.9 41 12.5 2.7 212 50 305.9 306.6 288.0 317.8 3.83 7 700 3005 5.8 -7.7 37 13.5 -0.2 201 62 308.9 309.5 288.3 318.6 3.07 8 650 3607 1.8 -6.2 55 8.0 -1.9 198 77 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.7 3.69 9 600 4247 -3.3 -9.8 60 6.6 -6.0 198 80 312.3 312.9 289.3 322.0 3.02 10 550 4931 -6.2 -16.0 46 9.8 -9.6 202 79 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.4 1.99 11 500 5671 -10.4 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.1 205 82 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.72 12 450 6473 -16.3 -28.5 34 12.2 -19.0 208 84 322.8 322.9 290.5 325.7 0.81 13 400 7347 -23.3 -37.1 27 13.8 -25.4 206 80 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.40 14 350 8307 -31.9 -39.3 48 7.4 -32.7 209 84 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.36 15 300 9373 -41.7 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 215 88 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10582 -50.9 -52.2 86 1.3 -51.0 226 96 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.12 17 200 12017 -56.0 -64.7 33 8.6 -56.2 208 95 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13838 -60.9 -77.7 9 16.7 -61.1 203 41 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16336 -59.9 -84.2 3 24.4 -60.2 214 49 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.38 m Freezing level: 632.17 mb = 3835.14 m = 12582.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.77 mb = 2972.41 m = 9751.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.78 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.39 mb = 1539.04 m = 5049.27 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.04 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1389.77 m = 4559.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.86 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 22.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 699.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.73 mb = 1425.96 m = 4678.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.73 mb = 1475.61 m = 4841.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.73 mb = 2528.75 m = 8296.33 ft B at Equ Level: 20.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.73 mb = 13361.46 m = 43836.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.1 at 67.0 knts Storm direction: 233.1 at 50.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.1 neg: -23.3 tot: 318.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.75 Bulk Shear: 90.23 m/s