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: 40.56,-94.77 Latitude: 40.56 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 -9 SFC 962 331 25.5 16.0 56 9.5 19.1 196 26 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.4 11.98 2 950 435 23.3 15.3 61 7.9 17.9 197 38 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.9 11.59 3 900 903 18.1 14.0 77 4.1 15.4 199 49 300.2 302.2 292.6 333.2 11.25 4 850 1389 13.4 12.5 95 0.9 12.9 202 55 300.2 302.1 292.2 331.8 10.79 5 800 1897 9.9 7.8 87 2.1 8.7 212 56 301.7 303.3 290.7 326.5 8.33 6 750 2432 8.0 -2.4 48 10.4 2.9 212 50 305.3 306.1 288.2 318.5 4.29 7 700 2999 5.4 -7.5 39 12.9 -0.3 200 60 308.4 309.0 288.2 318.2 3.10 8 650 3600 1.6 -7.2 52 8.8 -2.3 197 78 310.8 311.4 289.2 321.6 3.41 9 600 4239 -3.4 -9.9 61 6.5 -6.1 197 82 312.2 312.8 289.3 321.8 3.01 10 550 4923 -6.2 -15.6 48 9.3 -9.5 201 81 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.5 2.07 11 500 5663 -10.3 -18.9 49 8.6 -13.1 204 83 320.4 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.72 12 450 6465 -16.3 -28.7 34 12.4 -19.1 206 85 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.80 13 400 7339 -23.3 -36.8 28 13.5 -25.4 205 82 324.7 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.41 14 350 8299 -31.9 -39.4 48 7.4 -32.8 207 85 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.36 15 300 9365 -41.8 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.8 213 89 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10574 -50.9 -52.5 84 1.5 -51.0 224 97 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.12 17 200 12009 -55.9 -65.1 31 9.1 -56.1 207 96 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13831 -61.1 -77.5 10 16.4 -61.3 197 43 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16332 -59.2 -84.3 2 25.1 -59.5 216 49 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.29 m Freezing level: 634.07 mb = 3803.61 m = 12478.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.06 mb = 2939.49 m = 9643.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.20 mb = 1526.66 m = 5008.67 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.24 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1414.54 m = 4640.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Cap Strength: -0.13 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 23.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 684.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.99 mb = 1439.01 m = 4721.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.99 mb = 1488.74 m = 4884.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.99 mb = 11110.25 m = 36450.50 ft B at Equ Level: 666.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.99 mb = 13038.75 m = 42777.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.0 at 67.5 knts Storm direction: 232.0 at 50.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.3 neg: -25.5 tot: 313.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.6 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: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 7.06 Bulk Shear: 96.87 m/s