MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.80,-94.85 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 962 346 17.4 16.0 92 1.4 16.5 137 6 293.8 295.9 291.1 327.9 11.96 2 950 450 16.9 15.6 92 1.2 16.1 137 10 294.3 296.4 291.2 328.2 11.84 3 900 910 14.8 13.5 92 1.3 14.0 187 17 296.7 298.7 291.2 328.1 10.85 4 850 1393 12.1 10.5 90 1.6 11.1 205 17 298.8 300.5 290.6 326.3 9.39 5 800 1899 8.7 8.0 95 0.7 8.3 203 18 300.4 301.9 290.3 325.3 8.43 6 750 2431 6.2 5.7 97 0.5 5.9 202 21 303.3 304.7 290.6 326.2 7.66 7 700 2994 3.5 -4.0 58 7.5 -0.0 210 27 306.4 307.1 288.4 318.9 4.05 8 650 3591 -0.7 -7.5 60 6.9 -3.6 208 34 308.2 308.8 288.3 318.7 3.33 9 600 4225 -6.0 -9.4 77 3.4 -7.3 201 34 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.1 3.13 10 550 4900 -10.5 -14.4 73 3.9 -11.8 203 42 311.6 312.1 288.4 319.0 2.28 11 500 5628 -14.5 -18.1 74 3.5 -15.6 208 49 315.3 315.7 289.2 321.5 1.85 12 450 6418 -20.4 -22.2 86 1.8 -20.8 206 50 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.5 1.44 13 400 7277 -27.2 -30.9 71 3.7 -27.8 198 50 319.6 319.8 289.4 322.2 0.72 14 350 8225 -34.3 -37.9 70 3.6 -34.7 194 54 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.0 0.42 15 300 9286 -41.4 -41.3 100 -0.0 -41.3 189 70 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.4 0.34 16 250 10505 -48.4 -50.7 77 2.3 -48.5 187 83 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.15 17 200 11950 -53.9 -69.7 13 15.8 -54.2 209 69 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13791 -54.4 -80.2 3 25.8 -54.8 225 63 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16356 -59.6 -84.1 3 24.5 -59.9 258 46 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.18 m Freezing level: 657.89 mb = 3497.00 m = 11472.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.33 mb = 2989.98 m = 9809.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.20 % Est. max temperature: 23.52 C = 74.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.46 mb = 517.71 m = 1698.49 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.50 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1202.80 m = 3946.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.74 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 29.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 525.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.85 mb = 977.58 m = 3207.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.85 mb = 1714.40 m = 5624.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.85 mb = 9334.12 m = 30623.38 ft B at Equ Level: 520.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.85 mb = 11700.24 m = 38386.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 233.7 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 123.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 7.05 Bulk Shear: 74.56 m/s