MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.54,-95.51 Latitude: 40.54 Longitude: -95.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -41 SFC 960 311 17.4 16.0 91 1.4 16.5 145 15 294.0 296.1 291.2 328.2 11.97 2 950 397 17.0 15.8 93 1.2 16.3 146 23 294.5 296.6 291.3 328.7 11.96 3 900 857 14.4 14.4 100 0.0 14.4 158 35 296.4 298.5 291.6 329.7 11.55 4 850 1340 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 187 43 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.6 10.69 5 800 1847 9.5 9.3 98 0.2 9.4 197 45 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.6 9.22 6 750 2381 7.2 4.3 82 2.9 5.6 201 46 304.4 305.7 290.4 325.4 6.95 7 700 2946 4.0 -1.6 67 5.7 1.2 201 46 306.9 307.8 289.3 321.9 4.85 8 650 3545 0.0 -5.6 66 5.7 -2.6 200 46 309.0 309.7 289.1 321.1 3.86 9 600 4180 -4.6 -8.9 72 4.3 -6.4 199 47 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.1 3.24 10 550 4859 -9.6 -13.7 72 4.1 -11.1 200 50 312.6 313.1 288.9 320.4 2.40 11 500 5587 -15.5 -19.8 70 4.2 -16.7 203 53 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.4 1.59 12 450 6371 -22.4 -23.9 88 1.5 -22.8 206 55 315.0 315.3 288.5 319.2 1.23 13 400 7224 -29.2 -32.6 72 3.4 -29.7 213 63 317.0 317.2 288.5 319.2 0.62 14 350 8163 -36.6 -43.4 49 6.8 -37.1 217 75 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.23 15 300 9216 -42.4 -51.4 37 8.9 -42.9 214 69 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.11 16 250 10429 -49.5 -55.8 48 6.3 -49.7 215 63 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.08 17 200 11875 -51.8 -73.0 6 21.1 -52.2 252 72 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13729 -52.6 -80.6 2 28.1 -53.1 246 61 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16328 -58.7 -84.3 2 25.5 -59.1 255 39 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.83 m Freezing level: 649.67 mb = 3548.78 m = 11642.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.11 mb = 3131.47 m = 10273.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.23 C = 75.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.65 mb = 490.11 m = 1607.95 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 9.48 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 864.25 m = 2835.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.81 C = 67.66 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 27.91 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 950.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.39 mb = 834.38 m = 2737.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.39 mb = 1770.35 m = 5808.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.39 mb = 2191.58 m = 7190.15 ft B at Equ Level: 19.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.39 mb = 12295.08 m = 40337.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 426.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.51 Bulk Rich Number: 6.74 Bulk Shear: 141.02 m/s