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: 41.07,-97.6 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 1 950 455 SFC 944 504 15.3 11.5 78 3.8 13.0 148 10 293.2 294.8 288.4 319.0 9.04 3 900 911 11.3 10.3 94 1.0 10.7 150 19 293.2 294.8 288.2 318.3 8.78 4 850 1386 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 163 24 294.9 296.4 288.2 318.3 8.09 5 800 1886 5.9 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 170 24 297.4 298.7 287.8 317.1 6.70 6 750 2412 3.4 -1.5 70 4.9 1.0 170 24 300.3 301.1 286.7 314.0 4.56 7 700 2967 -1.7 -3.9 85 2.3 -2.7 175 25 300.7 301.4 286.4 313.0 4.09 8 650 3552 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 183 26 302.2 302.9 286.5 313.2 3.61 9 600 4175 -9.7 -10.2 96 0.6 -9.9 195 28 304.9 305.5 286.8 314.1 2.92 10 550 4842 -14.0 -15.1 92 1.0 -14.3 204 31 307.4 307.9 286.9 314.3 2.16 11 500 5558 -19.0 -20.7 87 1.7 -19.4 210 33 309.8 310.1 286.9 314.7 1.47 12 450 6333 -25.5 -26.7 89 1.3 -25.7 209 29 311.2 311.4 286.9 314.5 0.95 13 400 7175 -32.2 -33.1 91 0.9 -32.3 195 25 313.2 313.3 287.2 315.2 0.59 14 350 8104 -38.8 -39.1 97 0.3 -38.8 200 30 316.4 316.5 288.0 317.7 0.37 15 300 9142 -47.3 -48.7 85 1.4 -47.4 209 30 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.3 0.15 16 250 10334 -50.7 -65.2 16 14.5 -51.1 243 33 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.02 17 200 11797 -48.1 -75.4 3 27.3 -48.7 263 44 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 13680 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.2 -52.2 271 40 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16283 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 272 53 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.60 m Freezing level: 716.42 mb = 2785.03 m = 9137.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.24 mb = 2561.23 m = 8402.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.63 % Est. max temperature: 19.77 C = 67.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.47 mb = 980.42 m = 3216.57 ft T: 10.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1198.89 m = 3933.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.30 C = 61.34 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 27.30 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 392.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.73 mb = 1137.89 m = 3733.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.73 mb = 2621.62 m = 8601.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.73 mb = 8691.97 m = 28516.63 ft B at Equ Level: 391.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.73 mb = 10581.69 m = 34716.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.5 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 218.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 113.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 9.96 Bulk Shear: 39.40 m/s