MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.12,-97.29 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -35 1 950 402 SFC 944 455 18.1 14.9 82 3.1 16.0 155 13 296.0 298.1 291.4 328.9 11.39 3 900 864 14.9 13.3 90 1.6 13.9 168 27 296.9 298.9 291.2 328.0 10.73 4 850 1346 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.8 183 35 298.6 300.5 291.3 328.4 10.21 5 800 1853 10.5 4.0 64 6.5 6.9 196 38 302.3 303.5 289.2 321.4 6.37 6 750 2388 9.0 -6.6 33 15.5 2.0 203 39 306.3 306.9 287.5 316.1 3.12 7 700 2956 5.2 -8.3 37 13.5 -0.6 200 40 308.3 308.8 287.9 317.5 2.91 8 650 3555 0.3 -9.5 48 9.8 -3.7 197 41 309.3 309.9 288.2 318.4 2.85 9 600 4191 -5.1 -11.0 63 5.9 -7.4 199 41 310.2 310.7 288.4 319.0 2.75 10 550 4868 -10.1 -14.5 70 4.4 -11.6 202 47 312.1 312.5 288.5 319.4 2.25 11 500 5595 -15.6 -25.7 42 10.1 -17.9 208 47 314.0 314.2 287.8 317.3 0.95 12 450 6379 -21.8 -33.6 34 11.8 -23.8 220 61 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.6 0.50 13 400 7235 -28.4 -39.3 34 10.9 -29.7 220 73 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.2 0.31 14 350 8175 -36.6 -45.4 40 8.8 -37.3 224 70 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.1 0.19 15 300 9226 -43.8 -56.5 23 12.7 -44.3 228 79 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.06 16 250 10431 -50.0 -63.4 19 13.4 -50.4 233 76 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.03 17 200 11885 -50.3 -73.0 5 22.7 -50.7 245 67 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13744 -54.6 -80.1 3 25.4 -55.0 247 59 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16327 -58.8 -84.3 2 25.5 -59.1 270 42 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.11 m Freezing level: 647.08 mb = 3592.40 m = 11785.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.12 mb = 2814.56 m = 9234.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.79 % Est. max temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.66 mb = 848.21 m = 2782.79 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1236.46 m = 4056.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.22 C = 68.39 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 25.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 798.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.18 mb = 1119.18 m = 3671.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.18 mb = 3577.51 m = 11737.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.18 mb = 9966.64 m = 32698.54 ft B at Equ Level: 791.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.18 mb = 12278.84 m = 40284.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.5 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 230.5 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.4 neg: -3.9 tot: 256.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 8.40 Bulk Shear: 95.17 m/s