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: 40.70,-96.54 Latitude: 40.70 Longitude: -96.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -61 1 950 377 SFC 948 393 19.9 14.3 70 5.6 16.3 155 11 297.5 299.5 291.5 329.1 10.87 3 900 841 16.8 11.7 72 5.1 13.6 177 24 298.9 300.6 290.9 327.1 9.66 4 850 1327 13.6 8.9 73 4.7 10.7 196 29 300.4 301.9 290.3 325.2 8.42 5 800 1834 9.3 6.6 83 2.7 7.8 203 32 301.1 302.5 289.9 323.9 7.68 6 750 2366 5.6 2.2 79 3.4 3.8 211 31 302.7 303.8 288.9 320.6 5.98 7 700 2928 3.3 -5.0 54 8.3 -0.5 214 34 306.2 306.9 288.1 317.8 3.77 8 650 3525 -0.5 -12.4 40 11.9 -5.0 209 38 308.4 308.8 287.3 315.6 2.26 9 600 4159 -5.7 -18.1 37 12.5 -9.6 211 36 309.6 309.8 286.9 314.6 1.53 10 550 4833 -11.7 -16.5 68 4.8 -13.2 207 42 310.2 310.5 287.5 316.4 1.91 11 500 5555 -17.1 -21.7 67 4.6 -18.3 198 52 312.2 312.5 287.6 316.7 1.35 12 450 6335 -24.2 -25.1 93 0.8 -24.4 195 49 312.8 313.0 287.6 316.5 1.11 13 400 7181 -31.0 -37.5 53 6.5 -31.7 204 48 314.7 314.8 287.4 316.1 0.38 14 350 8116 -36.4 -51.8 19 15.3 -37.3 215 51 319.6 319.6 288.7 320.0 0.09 15 300 9172 -41.8 -57.1 17 15.4 -42.4 217 49 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.06 16 250 10388 -48.1 -63.3 16 15.1 -48.6 218 53 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.03 17 200 11848 -50.3 -73.5 5 23.3 -50.7 250 64 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13713 -52.8 -80.6 2 27.9 -53.2 242 58 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16316 -58.3 -84.2 2 25.9 -58.7 259 38 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.65 m Freezing level: 656.44 mb = 3448.43 m = 11313.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.93 mb = 2859.66 m = 9381.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 % Est. max temperature: 23.46 C = 74.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.02 mb = 1099.81 m = 3608.26 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.50 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.11 mb = 1749.73 m = 5740.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.29 C = 73.93 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 31.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 864.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.84 mb = 1507.49 m = 4945.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.84 mb = 2076.27 m = 6811.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 696.84 mb = 2964.95 m = 9727.42 ft B at Equ Level: 19.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.84 mb = 11951.50 m = 39210.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.8 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 232.8 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 11.79 Bulk Shear: 73.31 m/s