MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511070000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511070000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 23 NOV 25 Station: 40.7,-93.0 Latitude: 40.70 Longitude: -93.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 981 297 17.0 14.4 84 2.6 15.3 151 6 291.7 293.6 289.2 321.6 10.54 2 950 575 20.5 13.8 66 6.6 16.2 184 17 298.0 299.9 291.3 328.6 10.52 3 900 1040 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.5 200 26 299.4 301.3 291.7 329.9 10.43 4 850 1526 13.9 10.9 82 3.0 12.0 216 30 300.7 302.5 291.5 329.2 9.67 5 800 2037 12.9 1.6 46 11.2 6.8 233 27 304.9 305.9 289.1 321.2 5.38 6 750 2575 8.9 -1.2 49 10.0 3.8 244 26 306.2 307.1 288.9 320.6 4.69 7 700 3142 4.9 -5.4 47 10.4 0.1 254 25 307.9 308.6 288.5 319.3 3.64 8 650 3742 0.9 -9.4 46 10.3 -3.4 258 26 310.0 310.5 288.5 319.2 2.89 9 600 4380 -3.6 -14.2 43 10.7 -7.5 258 28 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.9 2.11 10 550 5061 -8.6 -15.8 56 7.2 -11.1 259 31 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.5 2.02 11 500 5792 -14.1 -17.6 75 3.5 -15.2 256 35 315.9 316.2 289.5 322.3 1.93 12 450 6582 -19.8 -24.9 64 5.1 -21.0 258 42 318.3 318.6 289.4 322.2 1.12 13 400 7447 -24.8 -40.5 22 15.7 -26.8 255 48 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.8 0.28 14 350 8407 -30.6 -44.1 26 13.5 -32.0 252 42 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.22 15 300 9480 -40.1 -45.6 55 5.5 -40.5 252 47 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.21 16 250 10696 -50.3 -54.2 63 3.9 -50.4 255 51 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12116 -60.0 -62.0 78 2.0 -60.0 255 61 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 18 150 13908 -60.6 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.7 250 75 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16394 -67.3 -84.4 7 17.2 -67.4 242 52 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.78 m Freezing level: 640.08 mb = 3868.40 m = 12691.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.07 mb = 3164.21 m = 10381.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.40 mb = 634.53 m = 2081.76 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.00 mb = 2344.73 m = 7692.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 28.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.31 mb = 1393.67 m = 4572.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.31 mb = 4140.15 m = 13582.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.31 mb = 7847.81 m = 25747.09 ft B at Equ Level: 198.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.31 mb = 10739.56 m = 35234.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 260.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 79.42 m/s