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: 40.80,-94.14 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 342 16.0 15.0 93 1.1 15.4 170 12 292.2 294.2 289.9 323.8 11.16 2 950 472 15.3 14.5 95 0.8 14.8 172 21 292.7 294.7 290.0 324.0 11.02 3 900 929 12.8 12.8 100 0.1 12.8 181 32 294.7 296.6 290.1 324.5 10.35 4 850 1408 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 200 36 297.0 298.7 290.0 324.0 9.28 5 800 1912 8.0 7.9 100 0.1 7.9 207 35 299.6 301.2 290.0 324.3 8.38 6 750 2443 5.4 4.3 92 1.1 4.8 214 32 302.5 303.7 289.8 323.3 6.96 7 700 3005 3.1 -4.1 59 7.2 -0.3 217 34 305.9 306.7 288.2 318.3 4.02 8 650 3601 -0.8 -7.6 60 6.8 -3.7 221 40 308.1 308.7 288.3 318.5 3.32 9 600 4235 -5.5 -10.6 67 5.1 -7.5 226 44 309.8 310.3 288.3 318.8 2.83 10 550 4911 -10.5 -18.0 54 7.5 -12.8 228 46 311.6 311.9 287.8 317.1 1.69 11 500 5637 -16.0 -24.6 48 8.5 -18.1 226 49 313.5 313.7 287.8 317.0 1.05 12 450 6420 -22.1 -31.7 41 9.6 -23.7 219 53 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.6 0.60 13 400 7274 -29.6 -40.7 33 11.0 -30.8 222 55 316.5 316.5 287.9 317.5 0.27 14 350 8210 -37.1 -48.7 29 11.6 -37.8 235 59 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.2 0.13 15 300 9260 -43.7 -56.8 22 13.1 -44.2 227 52 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.06 16 250 10465 -50.4 -62.5 22 12.2 -50.7 223 54 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.03 17 200 11910 -53.2 -72.1 8 19.0 -53.5 249 47 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13748 -55.6 -79.7 3 24.1 -55.9 249 57 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16331 -58.5 -84.2 2 25.6 -58.9 268 28 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.69 m Freezing level: 659.87 mb = 3483.43 m = 11428.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.70 mb = 2973.41 m = 9755.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.27 % Est. max temperature: 22.64 C = 72.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.75 mb = 474.09 m = 1555.41 ft T: 15.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 5.96 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 892.48 m = 2928.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.40 C = 65.11 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 29.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 399.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.86 mb = 846.26 m = 2776.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.86 mb = 1176.22 m = 3858.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.86 mb = 1769.05 m = 5803.88 ft B at Equ Level: 16.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 693.86 mb = 3075.61 m = 10090.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.9 neg: -2.3 tot: 279.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 95.65 m/s