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,-94.61 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 325 26.0 16.0 54 9.9 19.2 193 26 302.4 304.6 293.8 337.9 12.00 2 950 440 23.4 15.4 61 8.0 18.1 195 39 300.9 303.0 293.1 335.2 11.66 3 900 908 18.2 14.2 78 4.0 15.5 198 49 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.37 4 850 1394 13.4 12.7 95 0.7 12.9 200 55 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.2 10.90 5 800 1902 10.4 6.8 78 3.6 8.3 213 55 302.2 303.6 290.3 325.3 7.75 6 750 2438 8.9 -4.8 38 13.7 2.5 210 49 306.2 306.9 287.9 317.3 3.57 7 700 3006 6.2 -8.3 34 14.6 -0.2 202 64 309.4 309.9 288.3 318.6 2.91 8 650 3609 1.9 -5.6 57 7.5 -1.6 198 77 311.1 311.8 289.8 323.3 3.87 9 600 4248 -3.4 -8.5 68 5.1 -5.5 199 80 312.2 312.8 289.6 322.9 3.35 10 550 4932 -6.3 -17.2 42 10.8 -10.0 203 79 316.6 316.9 289.5 322.6 1.81 11 500 5672 -10.5 -18.0 54 7.5 -13.0 205 81 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.4 1.85 12 450 6474 -16.2 -28.3 35 12.1 -18.9 207 82 322.9 323.1 290.5 325.8 0.83 13 400 7348 -23.2 -38.1 24 15.0 -25.4 204 78 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.36 14 350 8309 -31.7 -41.6 37 9.9 -32.8 208 82 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.28 15 300 9376 -41.8 -41.8 99 0.1 -41.8 214 86 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10584 -51.1 -52.1 88 1.0 -51.1 226 96 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.12 17 200 12018 -56.0 -64.6 33 8.6 -56.1 208 95 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 13840 -61.4 -77.3 10 15.9 -61.6 197 43 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16335 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 214 49 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.13 m Freezing level: 632.15 mb = 3837.20 m = 12589.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.96 mb = 2971.48 m = 9748.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.04 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.73 mb = 1566.23 m = 5138.50 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 20.55 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1394.19 m = 4574.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.78 C = 74.80 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 22.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 716.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.52 mb = 1438.53 m = 4719.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.52 mb = 1488.25 m = 4882.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 760.52 mb = 2322.55 m = 7619.82 ft B at Equ Level: 18.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.52 mb = 13027.89 m = 42741.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 66.7 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 50.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 363.3 neg: -29.0 tot: 334.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 7.55 Bulk Shear: 94.91 m/s