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: 40.60,-95.71 Latitude: 40.60 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -44 SFC 958 322 17.4 15.7 90 1.6 16.3 142 14 294.1 296.2 291.1 327.9 11.82 2 950 394 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 144 21 294.6 296.7 291.3 328.4 11.78 3 900 854 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 161 32 296.5 298.6 291.5 329.2 11.29 4 850 1337 12.6 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 189 39 299.3 301.2 291.5 329.2 10.23 5 800 1844 9.4 8.7 96 0.7 8.9 198 42 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.3 8.85 6 750 2378 6.8 4.0 83 2.8 5.2 201 42 304.0 305.2 290.1 324.5 6.83 7 700 2942 4.0 -3.0 60 6.9 0.6 202 42 306.9 307.7 288.9 320.5 4.39 8 650 3540 -0.0 -7.2 59 7.1 -3.1 202 44 308.9 309.6 288.6 319.8 3.44 9 600 4176 -5.0 -10.1 67 5.1 -7.0 203 45 310.3 310.9 288.6 319.7 2.95 10 550 4853 -10.2 -14.0 74 3.8 -11.5 201 51 312.0 312.4 288.6 319.6 2.36 11 500 5579 -15.9 -20.7 66 4.8 -17.1 199 53 313.7 314.0 288.3 318.6 1.47 12 450 6363 -22.6 -26.2 72 3.6 -23.4 203 53 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.2 1.00 13 400 7215 -29.4 -34.9 59 5.5 -30.2 212 59 316.7 316.8 288.2 318.5 0.49 14 350 8153 -36.5 -44.5 43 8.0 -37.1 215 71 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.4 0.21 15 300 9207 -42.4 -52.4 33 10.0 -42.9 213 65 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.10 16 250 10420 -49.3 -57.2 39 7.9 -49.6 216 61 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 17 200 11870 -51.7 -73.2 6 21.5 -52.1 251 68 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13725 -52.8 -80.6 2 27.8 -53.2 244 60 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16324 -58.8 -84.3 2 25.5 -59.1 255 40 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.10 m Freezing level: 650.23 mb = 3537.47 m = 11605.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.92 mb = 3035.57 m = 9959.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.00 C = 75.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.12 mb = 528.55 m = 1734.07 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1084.90 m = 3559.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.08 C = 69.94 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 27.58 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 909.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.53 mb = 905.99 m = 2972.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.53 mb = 1745.45 m = 5726.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.53 mb = 2831.36 m = 9289.11 ft B at Equ Level: 19.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.53 mb = 12216.78 m = 40080.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.3 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 227.3 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 364.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.93 Bulk Shear: 131.29 m/s