MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.78,-94.37 Latitude: 40.78 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 964 351 22.8 5.0 31 17.8 12.7 277 7 299.1 300.1 287.4 315.9 5.66 2 950 474 20.8 3.3 32 17.4 11.3 276 9 298.3 299.2 286.5 313.4 5.12 3 900 937 16.6 1.7 37 14.9 8.8 271 10 298.6 299.4 286.4 312.9 4.81 4 850 1421 14.1 -1.5 34 15.6 6.3 264 15 300.9 301.6 286.4 313.1 4.03 5 800 1928 9.8 -1.8 44 11.6 4.1 267 18 301.6 302.4 286.8 314.3 4.19 6 750 2460 5.3 -4.5 49 9.9 0.8 270 22 302.3 303.0 286.5 313.5 3.63 7 700 3019 1.3 -9.5 44 10.8 -3.1 275 24 303.9 304.4 286.1 312.1 2.65 8 650 3610 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -6.7 264 27 305.5 305.9 286.1 312.3 2.14 9 600 4239 -6.7 -20.7 32 14.0 -10.8 255 34 308.4 308.6 286.2 312.4 1.22 10 550 4913 -11.0 -27.1 25 16.2 -14.7 251 38 311.1 311.2 286.6 313.6 0.75 11 500 5638 -15.3 -34.7 17 19.5 -18.7 244 42 314.4 314.5 287.4 315.9 0.40 12 450 6425 -20.9 -35.7 25 14.8 -23.2 238 53 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.41 13 400 7284 -27.8 -31.8 68 4.0 -28.4 237 61 318.9 319.0 289.1 321.2 0.67 14 350 8232 -33.0 -33.2 98 0.2 -33.0 232 89 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.7 0.67 15 300 9299 -41.1 -41.1 100 -0.0 -41.1 228 103 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.35 16 250 10509 -49.9 -52.0 78 2.1 -50.0 237 92 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.12 17 200 11980 -48.9 -72.4 5 23.5 -49.5 244 62 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 13831 -57.3 -79.7 4 22.4 -57.5 247 53 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16370 -62.1 -84.5 3 22.4 -62.3 247 38 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.11 m Freezing level: 685.46 mb = 3190.67 m = 10467.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.90 mb = 2569.53 m = 8430.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.36 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.68 mb = 2571.93 m = 8437.98 ft T: 4.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 3.01 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.25 mb = 3533.63 m = 11593.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.82 C Showalter Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.32 C Cross Totals Index: 13.76 C K Index: 17.03 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9700.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.40 mb = 2808.44 m = 9213.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 50.46 m/s