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: 40.46,-94.29 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 964 321 25.9 16.1 55 9.9 19.2 190 26 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.7 11.99 2 950 444 23.3 15.4 61 7.9 18.0 192 39 300.8 303.0 293.1 335.1 11.66 3 900 912 18.1 14.2 78 3.9 15.5 195 49 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.39 4 850 1399 13.4 12.7 95 0.8 12.9 199 54 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.1 10.89 5 800 1908 12.2 3.5 55 8.7 7.3 214 52 304.1 305.3 289.6 322.7 6.14 6 750 2447 10.4 -6.4 30 16.8 2.7 207 54 307.8 308.4 288.0 317.8 3.16 7 700 3017 7.0 -5.1 42 12.1 1.3 203 68 310.3 311.0 289.4 322.1 3.75 8 650 3621 2.1 -4.1 64 6.2 -0.9 200 75 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.1 4.36 9 600 4261 -3.4 -7.8 71 4.5 -5.3 202 76 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.5 3.53 10 550 4944 -6.8 -18.5 39 11.6 -10.6 202 75 316.0 316.3 289.2 321.4 1.62 11 500 5682 -10.9 -20.3 46 9.4 -13.8 205 77 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.9 1.52 12 450 6484 -16.1 -25.4 44 9.3 -18.4 209 78 323.0 323.2 290.8 326.7 1.07 13 400 7359 -22.9 -39.7 20 16.7 -25.3 206 73 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.30 14 350 8321 -31.1 -43.1 30 12.0 -32.3 206 78 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.24 15 300 9390 -41.2 -43.1 82 1.8 -41.3 213 82 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.28 16 250 10601 -51.1 -51.8 91 0.8 -51.1 227 91 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 17 200 12032 -56.9 -63.0 46 6.0 -57.1 207 90 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 13849 -61.9 -77.0 12 15.1 -62.1 202 40 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16340 -59.9 -84.3 3 24.4 -60.2 214 48 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.29 m Freezing level: 630.67 mb = 3868.60 m = 12692.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.81 mb = 3376.43 m = 11077.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.06 mb = 1557.62 m = 5110.25 ft T: 13.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.96 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1398.53 m = 4588.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.88 C = 74.98 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 24.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.30 mb = 1435.15 m = 4708.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.30 mb = 3480.66 m = 11419.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.30 mb = 11099.22 m = 36414.31 ft B at Equ Level: 654.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.30 mb = 13389.81 m = 43929.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.9 at 65.3 knts Storm direction: 232.9 at 49.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.3 neg: -4.9 tot: 344.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.19 Bulk Shear: 91.87 m/s