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,-94.77 Latitude: 40.46 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 -8 SFC 962 324 25.7 16.1 55 9.6 19.2 195 26 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.7 12.02 2 950 437 23.3 15.4 61 7.9 18.0 197 39 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.0 11.65 3 900 905 18.1 14.1 78 4.0 15.5 199 50 300.2 302.2 292.6 333.4 11.32 4 850 1391 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 202 55 300.2 302.1 292.3 332.0 10.86 5 800 1899 10.0 7.6 85 2.5 8.6 212 56 301.9 303.4 290.6 326.2 8.20 6 750 2434 8.2 -3.0 45 11.3 2.8 212 50 305.5 306.3 288.1 318.1 4.08 7 700 3001 5.5 -7.7 38 13.3 -0.3 201 61 308.6 309.2 288.2 318.2 3.05 8 650 3603 1.7 -6.9 53 8.6 -2.1 197 78 310.9 311.5 289.3 322.0 3.51 9 600 4242 -3.4 -9.7 61 6.3 -6.0 197 81 312.2 312.8 289.3 322.0 3.05 10 550 4926 -6.2 -15.8 47 9.5 -9.6 201 80 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.4 2.03 11 500 5666 -10.4 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.1 204 83 320.4 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.72 12 450 6468 -16.3 -28.6 34 12.3 -19.1 207 85 322.8 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.80 13 400 7342 -23.3 -37.0 27 13.7 -25.4 205 81 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.40 14 350 8302 -31.9 -39.4 47 7.5 -32.8 208 85 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.36 15 300 9368 -41.8 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 214 89 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10577 -51.0 -52.4 84 1.4 -51.0 225 97 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.12 17 200 12012 -55.9 -64.9 31 9.0 -56.1 208 96 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.03 18 150 13834 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 199 42 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16333 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.7 215 49 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.77 m Freezing level: 633.34 mb = 3815.79 m = 12518.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.34 mb = 2938.69 m = 9641.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 25.00 C = 76.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.75 mb = 1533.07 m = 5029.71 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 19.58 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1397.11 m = 4583.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.76 C = 74.77 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 23.08 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 714.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.91 mb = 1431.71 m = 4697.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.91 mb = 1481.39 m = 4860.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.91 mb = 11087.57 m = 36376.09 ft B at Equ Level: 700.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.91 mb = 13007.39 m = 42674.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 67.3 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 50.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.2 neg: -25.8 tot: 317.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.8 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: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.51 Bulk Shear: 95.22 m/s