MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 37.69,-99.49 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 522 SFC 931 700 23.7 13.7 53 10.0 17.1 124 14 303.0 305.0 292.9 334.6 10.62 3 900 994 22.5 12.4 53 10.1 16.0 131 27 304.7 306.6 293.0 335.0 10.12 4 850 1489 19.7 9.9 53 9.7 13.6 157 30 306.7 308.4 292.8 334.1 9.06 5 800 2008 16.0 7.8 58 8.2 11.0 179 30 308.2 309.8 292.7 333.6 8.34 6 750 2555 14.2 4.2 51 10.0 8.4 211 29 312.0 313.4 292.7 333.5 6.91 7 700 3135 11.3 1.1 50 10.2 5.6 238 37 315.0 316.1 292.7 333.8 5.95 8 650 3749 6.9 -6.8 37 13.7 0.4 248 36 316.8 317.4 291.2 328.2 3.53 9 600 4401 2.4 -11.6 35 14.0 -3.5 259 28 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.6 2.62 10 550 5096 -3.5 -13.0 48 9.5 -7.3 260 22 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.4 2.55 11 500 5840 -9.9 -16.5 59 6.5 -12.2 256 22 320.9 321.3 291.2 328.0 2.11 12 450 6643 -16.4 -20.6 70 4.3 -17.6 260 28 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.3 1.64 13 400 7519 -22.0 -24.1 83 2.1 -22.5 270 29 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.2 1.37 14 350 8489 -28.2 -41.5 27 13.3 -29.9 250 32 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.29 15 300 9577 -36.2 -50.4 22 14.2 -37.2 247 41 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 16 250 10817 -44.7 -59.7 17 14.9 -45.3 244 52 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12286 -52.6 -70.2 10 17.6 -52.9 241 64 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14104 -61.3 -77.9 9 16.6 -61.4 247 56 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16556 -70.6 -82.8 15 12.2 -70.7 235 22 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.18 m Freezing level: 579.70 mb = 4683.18 m = 15364.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.52 mb = 3817.51 m = 12524.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.93 mb = 1976.56 m = 6484.69 ft T: 16.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 1.43 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.68 mb = 3739.86 m = 12269.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.16 C = 98.89 F Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.42 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 29.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 470.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.41 mb = 2437.87 m = 7998.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 515.41 mb = 5603.36 m = 18383.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.41 mb = 8582.37 m = 28157.03 ft B at Equ Level: 143.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.41 mb = 10671.44 m = 35010.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 513.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 513.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 203.55 m/s