MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.11,-98.23 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 453 SFC 949 466 23.4 14.6 58 8.7 17.6 176 17 301.0 303.1 292.7 333.7 11.10 3 900 924 21.0 13.4 62 7.6 16.0 184 35 303.1 305.1 293.1 335.2 10.80 4 850 1416 17.1 11.8 71 5.3 13.7 196 38 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.7 10.28 5 800 1931 13.8 8.7 71 5.1 10.6 211 32 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.4 8.83 6 750 2472 9.9 4.8 70 5.2 6.9 216 32 307.3 308.7 291.5 329.2 7.19 7 700 3042 6.2 -0.9 61 7.0 2.5 214 36 309.3 310.3 290.3 325.2 5.13 8 650 3644 1.7 -6.6 54 8.3 -2.0 210 41 310.9 311.6 289.5 322.3 3.59 9 600 4284 -3.0 -15.7 37 12.7 -7.5 209 48 312.6 313.0 288.3 318.8 1.87 10 550 4966 -8.1 -22.3 31 14.1 -12.2 208 51 314.4 314.7 288.2 318.4 1.17 11 500 5699 -13.1 -23.1 43 10.1 -15.7 208 53 317.1 317.3 289.1 321.2 1.19 12 450 6493 -17.8 -18.8 92 1.0 -18.1 217 55 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.4 1.93 13 400 7362 -24.7 -30.3 59 5.6 -25.7 215 54 322.9 323.1 290.5 325.6 0.77 14 350 8320 -32.0 -40.6 42 8.6 -32.9 226 61 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.32 15 300 9388 -40.8 -46.2 56 5.4 -41.2 224 69 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.20 16 250 10603 -49.9 -52.4 75 2.5 -50.0 218 69 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.12 17 200 12032 -58.3 -62.5 59 4.2 -58.4 221 71 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 13820 -62.3 -77.3 12 15.0 -62.4 224 54 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16328 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.4 237 41 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.23 m Freezing level: 631.91 mb = 3875.77 m = 12715.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.22 mb = 3371.09 m = 11059.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.32 mb = 1574.03 m = 5164.07 ft T: 16.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.74 mb = 2352.64 m = 7718.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.66 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 946.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.38 mb = 1863.38 m = 6113.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.38 mb = 3142.54 m = 10310.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.38 mb = 11098.52 m = 36412.04 ft B at Equ Level: 941.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.38 mb = 13762.56 m = 45152.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.3 neg: -6.0 tot: 202.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.65 Bulk Shear: 60.46 m/s