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: 40.80,-94.61 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 959 355 25.3 15.7 55 9.6 18.8 195 26 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.0 11.80 2 950 433 23.4 15.1 60 8.3 17.9 196 37 300.9 303.0 293.0 334.6 11.46 3 900 901 18.2 13.8 76 4.4 15.3 198 49 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.8 11.09 4 850 1387 13.5 12.2 92 1.2 12.7 201 54 300.3 302.2 292.1 331.4 10.60 5 800 1896 10.1 7.3 83 2.8 8.5 211 56 301.9 303.4 290.5 325.9 8.05 6 750 2431 8.2 -2.5 47 10.7 2.9 209 50 305.5 306.3 288.3 318.6 4.24 7 700 2998 5.8 -7.9 37 13.6 -0.3 200 63 308.9 309.4 288.2 318.4 3.01 8 650 3599 1.6 -7.3 51 8.9 -2.3 197 78 310.8 311.5 289.2 321.6 3.40 9 600 4239 -3.4 -9.8 61 6.4 -6.0 197 82 312.2 312.8 289.3 321.9 3.03 10 550 4922 -6.1 -16.2 45 10.1 -9.6 201 80 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.4 1.96 11 500 5663 -10.3 -18.2 52 7.9 -12.9 203 82 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.6 1.82 12 450 6465 -16.2 -28.3 34 12.1 -19.0 205 82 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.8 0.82 13 400 7339 -23.2 -37.2 27 13.9 -25.4 202 78 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.39 14 350 8300 -31.8 -40.4 42 8.6 -32.7 207 83 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.32 15 300 9366 -41.8 -41.9 98 0.1 -41.8 212 87 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10575 -50.7 -52.4 82 1.7 -50.8 223 95 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.12 17 200 12010 -56.2 -64.6 34 8.4 -56.4 206 93 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 18 150 13829 -61.6 -77.2 11 15.6 -61.8 193 46 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16331 -58.6 -84.3 2 25.7 -59.0 218 47 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.89 m Freezing level: 633.68 mb = 3808.01 m = 12493.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.24 mb = 2947.95 m = 9671.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.96 mb = 1557.11 m = 5108.56 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 18.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1490.11 m = 4888.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.94 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 22.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 569.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.91 mb = 1477.52 m = 4847.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.91 mb = 1527.50 m = 5011.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.91 mb = 2586.43 m = 8485.56 ft B at Equ Level: 17.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.91 mb = 12821.34 m = 42064.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 67.4 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 50.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.5 neg: -26.1 tot: 318.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 5.85 Bulk Shear: 97.30 m/s