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: 40.53,-94.66 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 329 25.8 16.0 55 9.8 19.2 194 26 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.7 11.98 2 950 437 23.4 15.4 61 8.0 18.0 196 38 300.9 303.0 293.1 335.1 11.63 3 900 906 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 198 49 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.4 11.32 4 850 1392 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 201 55 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.0 10.85 5 800 1900 10.2 7.2 82 3.0 8.5 213 56 302.0 303.5 290.5 325.8 8.00 6 750 2435 8.5 -3.8 42 12.3 2.7 211 49 305.8 306.6 288.0 317.8 3.86 7 700 3003 5.9 -8.2 36 14.1 -0.3 201 63 309.0 309.6 288.2 318.4 2.95 8 650 3605 1.8 -6.3 55 8.1 -1.9 198 78 311.0 311.7 289.5 322.6 3.67 9 600 4244 -3.4 -8.9 66 5.5 -5.7 198 81 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.5 3.24 10 550 4928 -6.3 -16.6 44 10.3 -9.8 202 80 316.6 317.0 289.6 322.9 1.90 11 500 5668 -10.5 -18.3 53 7.8 -13.0 204 82 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.4 1.81 12 450 6470 -16.2 -28.4 34 12.2 -19.0 206 83 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.7 0.82 13 400 7344 -23.2 -37.6 25 14.4 -25.4 204 79 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.37 14 350 8304 -31.8 -40.8 41 9.0 -32.8 208 83 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.31 15 300 9371 -41.8 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.8 214 87 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10580 -51.0 -52.2 87 1.2 -51.1 225 96 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 17 200 12014 -55.9 -64.8 32 8.9 -56.1 208 95 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 13836 -61.4 -77.3 10 16.0 -61.5 195 44 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16334 -59.4 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.7 215 49 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.10 m Freezing level: 632.95 mb = 3823.06 m = 12542.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.66 mb = 2948.20 m = 9672.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.72 mb = 1554.07 m = 5098.60 ft T: 12.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.93 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1409.38 m = 4623.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.79 C = 74.82 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 22.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 700.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.92 mb = 1442.25 m = 4731.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.92 mb = 1491.99 m = 4894.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.92 mb = 2546.66 m = 8355.09 ft B at Equ Level: 22.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.92 mb = 13046.11 m = 42801.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 67.1 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 50.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 4.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.0 neg: -29.1 tot: 326.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.26 Bulk Shear: 96.52 m/s