MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.55,-95.58 Latitude: 39.55 Longitude: -95.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 965 327 18.4 14.0 76 4.4 15.6 140 9 294.5 296.4 290.2 324.6 10.48 2 950 463 17.0 12.9 77 4.1 14.4 143 15 294.5 296.2 289.6 322.9 9.91 3 900 921 12.8 11.7 93 1.0 12.1 150 18 294.7 296.4 289.5 322.4 9.66 4 850 1399 9.3 9.1 99 0.2 9.2 159 20 295.9 297.4 288.9 320.7 8.56 5 800 1901 7.9 4.5 79 3.4 6.1 171 22 299.6 300.8 288.5 319.2 6.63 6 750 2434 7.0 -9.1 31 16.1 0.3 188 20 304.2 304.6 286.1 312.2 2.56 7 700 2996 2.7 -13.0 31 15.6 -3.2 207 22 305.4 305.8 286.0 311.8 2.01 8 650 3589 -2.6 -12.2 48 9.6 -6.2 212 26 306.0 306.4 286.5 313.3 2.30 9 600 4217 -9.0 -10.3 90 1.3 -9.5 212 29 305.7 306.2 287.0 314.8 2.90 10 550 4885 -13.4 -13.7 98 0.3 -13.5 214 32 308.1 308.6 287.3 315.8 2.41 11 500 5602 -19.5 -19.5 100 0.0 -19.5 220 35 309.3 309.6 286.9 314.6 1.63 12 450 6375 -25.7 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.7 227 32 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.5 1.05 13 400 7217 -32.1 -35.7 70 3.6 -32.6 235 28 313.3 313.3 287.1 314.8 0.45 14 350 8146 -38.7 -44.2 56 5.4 -39.1 236 35 316.5 316.6 287.9 317.3 0.22 15 300 9189 -44.6 -53.3 37 8.7 -45.0 244 32 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.09 16 250 10396 -48.6 -65.3 13 16.7 -49.0 262 52 333.8 333.8 292.8 333.9 0.02 17 200 11863 -49.5 -73.6 4 24.2 -50.0 275 68 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13734 -53.4 -80.5 2 27.2 -53.8 268 49 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16310 -58.4 -84.5 2 26.1 -58.7 275 49 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5577.37 m Freezing level: 674.84 mb = 3294.43 m = 10808.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.32 mb = 2473.59 m = 8115.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.26 C = 72.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.61 mb = 877.99 m = 2880.50 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 12.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1110.28 m = 3642.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.03 C = 66.25 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 28.57 C K Index: 22.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 486.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 751.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.31 mb = 1058.83 m = 3473.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.31 mb = 1201.69 m = 3942.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 820.31 mb = 1693.23 m = 5555.14 ft B at Equ Level: 7.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 780.31 mb = 2106.38 m = 6910.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 12.19 Bulk Shear: 61.59 m/s