MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 36.61,-95.08 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 981 247 26.7 17.2 56 9.4 20.2 193 8 301.4 303.8 294.0 338.9 12.71 2 950 532 24.0 15.4 59 8.6 18.2 192 13 301.6 303.7 293.3 335.9 11.66 3 900 1002 19.6 14.4 72 5.2 16.1 190 14 301.7 303.8 293.2 335.7 11.52 4 850 1491 15.2 13.1 88 2.0 13.8 185 15 302.0 304.1 293.1 335.2 11.24 5 800 2002 11.5 10.2 92 1.3 10.7 189 19 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.6 9.80 6 750 2541 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.3 204 27 306.8 308.2 291.8 330.4 7.80 7 700 3110 5.7 3.0 83 2.7 4.2 216 33 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.7 6.80 8 650 3712 1.2 0.5 95 0.7 0.8 232 32 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.3 6.13 9 600 4353 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.6 242 29 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.9 5.22 10 550 5040 -6.2 -6.9 95 0.6 -6.5 243 26 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.1 4.16 11 500 5779 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 247 32 319.3 319.9 291.4 328.8 2.88 12 450 6580 -16.4 -18.3 85 1.9 -17.0 238 38 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.5 2.01 13 400 7456 -22.3 -23.2 92 0.9 -22.6 230 41 325.9 326.2 292.0 331.1 1.47 14 350 8424 -29.0 -32.5 72 3.4 -29.6 214 44 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.2 0.71 15 300 9504 -38.5 -39.6 90 1.1 -38.7 206 51 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.41 16 250 10731 -47.0 -57.5 29 10.6 -47.3 223 55 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12185 -53.5 -66.1 20 12.6 -53.8 226 70 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.03 18 150 14008 -59.6 -78.2 7 18.6 -59.7 229 60 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16492 -65.8 -83.0 7 17.2 -66.0 226 32 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.37 m Freezing level: 633.23 mb = 3927.37 m = 12884.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.64 mb = 3866.09 m = 12683.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.31 mb = 1437.67 m = 4716.71 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1744.79 m = 5724.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 629.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.03 mb = 1610.65 m = 5284.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.03 mb = 1970.54 m = 6464.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 753.03 mb = 2507.28 m = 8225.88 ft B at Equ Level: 3.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.03 mb = 13103.04 m = 42988.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 16.93 Bulk Shear: 37.18 m/s