MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.13,-99.58 Latitude: 40.13 Longitude: -99.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 596 SFC 940 683 16.9 -5.1 22 22.0 6.9 310 13 295.2 295.7 282.8 303.6 2.79 3 900 1051 11.6 -6.6 27 18.2 3.9 310 19 293.5 294.0 281.8 301.2 2.59 4 850 1525 7.2 -7.7 34 14.8 1.1 309 21 293.7 294.1 281.8 301.2 2.52 5 800 2019 3.4 -10.4 36 13.7 -1.8 308 27 294.7 295.1 281.9 301.3 2.17 6 750 2540 1.1 -15.3 28 16.4 -4.4 303 38 297.8 298.1 282.4 302.6 1.55 7 700 3092 -1.7 -20.1 23 18.4 -7.1 306 43 300.6 300.8 283.0 304.1 1.11 8 650 3678 -4.5 -17.9 34 13.4 -8.7 307 50 303.9 304.1 284.8 308.5 1.44 9 600 4304 -7.8 -17.7 45 10.0 -10.8 308 53 307.1 307.4 286.1 312.2 1.58 10 550 4976 -11.0 -20.3 46 9.3 -13.7 308 59 311.0 311.2 287.3 315.5 1.38 11 500 5703 -14.6 -21.2 57 6.6 -16.4 306 68 315.2 315.5 288.7 319.9 1.40 12 450 6495 -18.3 -30.6 33 12.3 -20.8 307 79 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.66 13 400 7366 -23.5 -39.4 22 16.0 -25.7 305 86 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.31 14 350 8328 -30.3 -44.9 23 14.6 -31.8 303 99 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.20 15 300 9405 -38.7 -51.6 24 12.9 -39.5 300 104 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.11 16 250 10632 -47.4 -60.0 22 12.6 -47.9 298 105 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 17 200 12073 -57.3 -67.9 25 10.6 -57.5 295 95 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 18 150 13849 -65.4 -75.1 25 9.7 -65.5 296 83 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16331 -63.8 -83.6 5 19.8 -64.0 296 40 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5542.26 m Freezing level: 730.41 mb = 2756.31 m = 9042.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 830.66 mb = 1712.34 m = 5617.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.29 % Est. max temperature: 17.01 C = 62.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.35 mb = 3386.91 m = 11111.78 ft T: -3.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 2.39 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.50 mb = 5514.88 m = 18093.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.50 C = 95.91 F Cap Strength: 11.03 C Lifted Index: 13.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.02 C Showalter Index: 13.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 6.92 C K Index: -4.29 Risk: None Sweat Index: 109.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12741.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.50 mb = 3350.12 m = 10991.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.0 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 337.0 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 127.71 m/s