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: 40.39,-94.69 Latitude: 40.39 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 -5 SFC 963 321 25.9 16.1 55 9.8 19.2 195 26 302.3 304.5 293.8 337.8 12.02 2 950 439 23.3 15.4 61 7.9 18.0 196 39 300.8 303.0 293.1 335.1 11.67 3 900 908 18.1 14.2 78 3.9 15.5 198 50 300.2 302.2 292.7 333.5 11.36 4 850 1394 13.4 12.6 95 0.7 12.9 201 55 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.1 10.88 5 800 1902 10.3 6.9 79 3.5 8.3 213 55 302.2 303.6 290.4 325.4 7.81 6 750 2438 8.8 -4.2 40 13.0 2.6 211 50 306.1 306.8 288.0 317.6 3.72 7 700 3006 6.0 -7.9 36 13.9 -0.2 201 63 309.1 309.7 288.3 318.7 3.01 8 650 3608 1.8 -5.9 56 7.8 -1.7 198 77 311.0 311.8 289.6 323.0 3.78 9 600 4247 -3.3 -9.2 64 5.9 -5.8 199 80 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.4 3.17 10 550 4931 -6.3 -16.6 44 10.3 -9.8 202 79 316.7 317.0 289.7 323.0 1.90 11 500 5671 -10.4 -18.5 52 8.0 -13.0 205 82 320.3 320.7 290.7 326.3 1.78 12 450 6473 -16.2 -28.4 34 12.1 -19.0 207 83 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.7 0.82 13 400 7347 -23.2 -37.6 26 14.4 -25.4 205 79 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.38 14 350 8308 -31.8 -40.4 42 8.6 -32.8 209 83 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.32 15 300 9374 -41.7 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 215 87 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10583 -51.0 -52.2 87 1.2 -51.0 226 96 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 17 200 12017 -56.0 -64.6 33 8.6 -56.2 208 95 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13839 -61.2 -77.5 10 16.3 -61.3 201 42 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16336 -59.8 -84.3 3 24.5 -60.1 214 49 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.68 m Freezing level: 632.20 mb = 3835.61 m = 12583.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.83 mb = 2972.33 m = 9751.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.01 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.24 mb = 1550.81 m = 5087.90 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 20.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1390.02 m = 4560.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.78 C = 74.81 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 22.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 707.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.26 mb = 1430.92 m = 4694.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.26 mb = 1480.59 m = 4857.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 751.26 mb = 2423.95 m = 7952.49 ft B at Equ Level: 19.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.26 mb = 13380.73 m = 43899.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.9 at 66.8 knts Storm direction: 232.9 at 50.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.4 neg: -25.4 tot: 325.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.3 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: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.65 Bulk Shear: 92.37 m/s