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,-94.77 Latitude: 40.39 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 -7 SFC 963 321 25.8 16.1 55 9.7 19.2 195 26 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.8 12.03 2 950 438 23.3 15.4 61 7.8 18.0 197 39 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.1 11.66 3 900 906 18.1 14.1 78 3.9 15.5 199 50 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.4 11.34 4 850 1393 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 202 55 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.0 10.85 5 800 1901 10.2 7.2 82 3.0 8.5 213 56 302.0 303.5 290.5 325.8 7.99 6 750 2436 8.4 -3.4 43 11.9 2.7 212 50 305.7 306.5 288.1 317.9 3.96 7 700 3003 5.7 -7.7 38 13.4 -0.2 201 61 308.7 309.3 288.2 318.4 3.06 8 650 3605 1.7 -6.6 54 8.3 -2.0 198 77 310.9 311.6 289.5 322.3 3.60 9 600 4244 -3.3 -9.8 61 6.5 -6.0 198 81 312.3 312.9 289.3 322.0 3.03 10 550 4928 -6.2 -15.9 46 9.7 -9.6 202 80 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.4 2.01 11 500 5668 -10.4 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.1 205 82 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.72 12 450 6471 -16.3 -28.5 34 12.3 -19.1 207 84 322.8 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.81 13 400 7344 -23.3 -37.0 27 13.7 -25.4 206 81 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.40 14 350 8304 -31.9 -39.4 48 7.4 -32.8 208 84 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.36 15 300 9371 -41.7 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 215 88 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10580 -50.9 -52.3 85 1.4 -51.0 225 97 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.12 17 200 12014 -56.0 -64.8 32 8.8 -56.1 208 96 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 13836 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 201 41 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16335 -59.6 -84.2 3 24.6 -60.0 215 49 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.08 m Freezing level: 632.75 mb = 3825.47 m = 12550.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.12 mb = 2954.79 m = 9694.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.14 C = 77.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.57 mb = 1536.04 m = 5039.45 ft T: 12.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 19.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1392.50 m = 4568.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.78 C = 74.80 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.06 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: 22.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 706.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.33 mb = 1428.80 m = 4687.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.33 mb = 1478.46 m = 4850.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.33 mb = 11078.60 m = 36346.68 ft B at Equ Level: 693.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.33 mb = 12994.33 m = 42631.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 67.2 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 50.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.4 neg: -24.6 tot: 317.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.9 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: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 7.62 Bulk Shear: 92.67 m/s