MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509291800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509291800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 29 SEP 25 Station: 41.6,-101.0 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -101.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 568 SFC 905 993 26.6 8.8 32 17.9 15.4 169 17 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.5 7.85 3 900 1040 24.9 8.0 34 16.9 14.5 170 20 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.0 7.50 4 850 1536 19.8 6.8 43 13.0 12.0 172 24 306.9 308.2 291.5 329.1 7.32 5 800 2054 15.1 5.5 53 9.6 9.5 174 24 307.2 308.6 291.4 328.9 7.10 6 750 2596 11.4 1.2 50 10.1 5.9 178 27 308.9 310.0 290.6 326.2 5.59 7 700 3168 6.6 -5.0 43 11.7 1.1 177 25 309.8 310.6 289.3 321.7 3.76 8 650 3771 2.7 -16.3 23 19.0 -4.2 180 21 312.1 312.4 287.9 317.5 1.65 9 600 4413 -1.4 -15.1 34 13.7 -6.5 180 17 314.5 314.8 289.0 320.9 1.97 10 550 5100 -6.4 -13.6 56 7.2 -9.1 169 16 316.5 317.0 290.1 324.5 2.43 11 500 5838 -11.9 -17.5 63 5.6 -13.7 174 17 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.94 12 450 6637 -16.3 -26.1 43 9.8 -18.7 183 19 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.3 1.01 13 400 7514 -21.2 -34.2 30 13.0 -23.5 194 21 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.4 0.53 14 350 8484 -29.4 -33.4 68 4.1 -30.0 203 22 329.1 329.3 292.1 331.5 0.65 15 300 9564 -38.0 -42.9 60 4.9 -38.4 194 30 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.29 16 250 10794 -46.8 -54.3 42 7.5 -47.1 214 38 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 17 200 12248 -52.9 -67.8 15 14.9 -53.2 217 34 348.9 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14080 -57.4 -78.1 6 20.7 -57.6 227 18 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16598 -64.4 -83.3 6 18.9 -64.6 244 6 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.86 m Freezing level: 617.17 mb = 4193.01 m = 13756.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.32 mb = 3293.06 m = 10803.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.80 mb = 3216.79 m = 10553.63 ft T: 6.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 14.99 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.49 mb = 3715.24 m = 12188.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 26.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.13 mb = 3177.95 m = 10426.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 514.13 mb = 5622.07 m = 18444.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 474.13 mb = 6240.56 m = 20474.04 ft B at Equ Level: 4.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.13 mb = 6567.41 m = 21546.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.4 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 206.4 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.4 neg: -11.2 tot: 21.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.93 Bulk Shear: 0.73 m/s