MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-94.61 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 967 317 17.3 15.2 88 2.1 16.0 192 11 293.2 295.2 290.4 325.4 11.30 2 950 473 16.5 14.4 87 2.1 15.1 195 19 293.9 295.9 290.3 325.1 10.90 3 900 932 13.3 12.1 92 1.2 12.6 210 28 295.2 297.0 289.9 323.8 9.91 4 850 1411 10.1 9.5 96 0.5 9.7 220 28 296.7 298.3 289.5 322.2 8.80 5 800 1914 8.3 7.9 97 0.5 8.0 223 28 300.0 301.6 290.2 324.7 8.37 6 750 2445 6.4 -1.3 58 7.6 2.6 228 29 303.5 304.4 288.0 317.7 4.65 7 700 3008 3.4 -4.7 55 8.1 -0.4 227 35 306.2 306.9 288.1 318.1 3.84 8 650 3605 -0.8 -8.2 57 7.3 -3.9 232 42 308.0 308.6 288.1 318.0 3.18 9 600 4238 -5.8 -12.0 61 6.2 -8.1 234 45 309.4 309.9 287.9 317.5 2.54 10 550 4914 -10.4 -25.4 28 15.0 -14.2 233 50 311.7 311.9 287.0 314.7 0.88 11 500 5639 -15.9 -37.3 14 21.4 -19.4 229 52 313.6 313.7 287.0 314.7 0.31 12 450 6423 -22.6 -36.4 27 13.8 -24.6 223 57 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.2 0.38 13 400 7274 -30.1 -41.1 33 11.0 -31.2 230 62 315.9 316.0 287.7 316.9 0.26 14 350 8210 -36.8 -48.8 28 12.0 -37.6 243 71 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.5 0.13 15 300 9260 -43.7 -57.2 21 13.6 -44.2 242 64 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.06 16 250 10471 -48.8 -63.6 16 14.9 -49.1 231 55 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 17 200 11921 -52.9 -72.4 8 19.5 -53.2 258 53 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13760 -55.8 -79.7 4 23.9 -56.1 248 55 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16340 -58.6 -84.2 2 25.6 -59.0 266 30 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.72 m Freezing level: 659.80 mb = 3488.01 m = 11443.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.53 mb = 2932.45 m = 9620.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.78 % Est. max temperature: 22.88 C = 73.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.36 mb = 577.42 m = 1894.40 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 7.04 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1074.65 m = 3525.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.73 C = 67.51 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 27.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 411.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.23 mb = 966.68 m = 3171.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.23 mb = 1300.62 m = 4267.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.23 mb = 1696.43 m = 5565.66 ft B at Equ Level: 11.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 761.23 mb = 2322.78 m = 7620.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 180.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 5.90 Bulk Shear: 69.73 m/s