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,-95.00 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 962 327 25.2 16.1 57 9.2 19.1 198 26 301.7 304.0 293.6 337.2 12.03 2 950 432 23.1 15.3 62 7.8 17.9 200 39 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.7 11.59 3 900 900 18.0 14.0 77 4.0 15.4 201 50 300.1 302.1 292.5 332.9 11.21 4 850 1386 13.3 12.5 95 0.8 12.8 204 55 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.7 10.77 5 800 1894 9.4 8.9 96 0.5 9.1 210 58 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.7 8.97 6 750 2427 7.2 -0.6 58 7.7 3.2 215 52 304.4 305.3 288.5 319.3 4.90 7 700 2992 4.4 -6.7 44 11.1 -0.6 199 55 307.3 307.9 288.0 317.6 3.29 8 650 3592 1.3 -9.0 46 10.3 -3.1 196 78 310.4 311.0 288.7 319.9 2.96 9 600 4231 -3.4 -11.7 52 8.4 -6.6 195 84 312.2 312.7 288.9 320.6 2.59 10 550 4915 -6.1 -13.9 54 7.7 -9.0 199 82 316.8 317.3 290.2 324.7 2.38 11 500 5655 -10.1 -20.3 43 10.2 -13.2 203 85 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.9 1.52 12 450 6458 -16.5 -29.3 32 12.8 -19.3 206 88 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.2 0.75 13 400 7331 -23.5 -35.6 32 12.0 -25.5 206 87 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.46 14 350 8290 -32.2 -37.1 62 4.9 -32.8 207 89 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.45 15 300 9355 -41.7 -42.0 97 0.3 -41.8 213 92 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10565 -50.9 -53.0 78 2.1 -51.0 223 99 330.5 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.11 17 200 12000 -55.8 -65.6 29 9.8 -56.0 207 98 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13825 -60.5 -78.1 8 17.5 -60.7 201 40 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16330 -58.9 -84.3 2 25.3 -59.3 217 49 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.55 m Freezing level: 636.03 mb = 3770.41 m = 12369.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.43 mb = 2905.59 m = 9532.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.43 C = 75.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.76 mb = 1477.57 m = 4847.60 ft T: 12.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1403.32 m = 4604.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.65 C = 74.58 F Cap Strength: -0.14 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 24.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 708.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.19 mb = 1423.63 m = 4670.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.19 mb = 1473.27 m = 4833.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.19 mb = 11067.84 m = 36311.37 ft B at Equ Level: 690.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.19 mb = 12986.85 m = 42607.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.6 at 68.4 knts Storm direction: 231.6 at 51.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.9 neg: -29.1 tot: 300.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 7.17 Bulk Shear: 98.77 m/s