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,-94.85 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 962 328 25.5 16.0 56 9.4 19.1 197 26 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.4 12.01 2 950 434 23.2 15.3 61 7.9 17.9 198 39 300.7 302.9 293.0 334.8 11.60 3 900 902 18.1 14.0 77 4.0 15.4 200 50 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.1 11.26 4 850 1389 13.4 12.5 95 0.8 12.9 202 55 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.9 10.81 5 800 1897 9.8 8.2 90 1.6 8.8 211 57 301.5 303.1 290.8 326.9 8.56 6 750 2431 7.8 -1.8 51 9.6 3.0 213 51 305.0 305.8 288.3 318.7 4.47 7 700 2997 5.0 -7.3 40 12.3 -0.4 200 58 308.1 308.7 288.1 318.0 3.15 8 650 3598 1.5 -7.8 50 9.3 -2.6 197 78 310.7 311.3 289.0 321.1 3.27 9 600 4237 -3.4 -10.4 58 7.0 -6.2 196 83 312.2 312.7 289.2 321.4 2.88 10 550 4921 -6.2 -15.0 50 8.8 -9.4 200 81 316.7 317.1 289.9 323.9 2.17 11 500 5661 -10.3 -19.4 47 9.1 -13.1 204 84 320.5 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.65 12 450 6463 -16.4 -28.9 33 12.5 -19.1 206 86 322.7 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.78 13 400 7337 -23.4 -36.4 29 13.0 -25.4 205 83 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.42 14 350 8296 -32.0 -38.5 52 6.5 -32.8 207 86 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.39 15 300 9362 -41.8 -42.0 98 0.2 -41.8 214 90 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10571 -50.9 -52.6 82 1.7 -51.0 224 98 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.12 17 200 12006 -55.9 -65.2 30 9.3 -56.1 208 96 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13830 -60.9 -77.7 9 16.8 -61.0 199 42 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16332 -59.1 -84.3 2 25.2 -59.5 216 49 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.88 m Freezing level: 634.59 mb = 3794.70 m = 12449.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.12 mb = 2925.37 m = 9597.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.62 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.68 mb = 1510.98 m = 4957.22 ft T: 12.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1405.99 m = 4612.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.71 C = 74.69 F Cap Strength: -0.15 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 23.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.64 mb = 1431.76 m = 4697.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.64 mb = 1481.45 m = 4860.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.64 mb = 11089.60 m = 36382.75 ft B at Equ Level: 687.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.64 mb = 13012.67 m = 42691.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.9 at 67.8 knts Storm direction: 231.9 at 50.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.5 neg: -23.4 tot: 309.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.24 Bulk Shear: 97.27 m/s