MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 37.50,-99.27 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -99.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 546 SFC 937 664 16.7 12.2 75 4.5 13.9 349 20 295.3 297.1 289.6 323.0 9.59 3 900 1006 13.8 11.1 84 2.7 12.1 352 36 295.8 297.4 289.5 322.5 9.25 4 850 1488 13.6 9.6 77 4.0 11.2 354 38 300.4 302.0 290.7 326.6 8.89 5 800 1998 12.2 7.9 75 4.3 9.6 6 20 304.2 305.7 291.5 329.2 8.36 6 750 2537 9.0 6.0 82 2.9 7.3 4 8 306.3 307.8 291.7 330.1 7.87 7 700 3106 5.7 4.3 91 1.4 4.9 219 8 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.6 7.47 8 650 3710 3.1 0.7 85 2.3 1.8 223 26 312.4 313.6 292.2 331.8 6.22 9 600 4355 -1.0 -3.0 86 2.0 -2.0 237 35 315.0 316.0 292.0 331.2 5.12 10 550 5044 -5.7 -8.1 83 2.4 -6.8 236 46 317.3 318.0 291.6 329.5 3.78 11 500 5784 -10.5 -13.3 80 2.8 -11.6 228 46 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.3 2.74 12 450 6586 -16.8 -20.0 76 3.2 -17.7 223 43 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.1 1.74 13 400 7459 -23.2 -26.8 72 3.6 -24.0 219 39 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.6 1.06 14 350 8423 -30.0 -33.6 71 3.6 -30.6 228 43 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.64 15 300 9501 -38.5 -42.7 64 4.2 -38.8 229 41 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.30 16 250 10729 -46.9 -58.8 24 11.9 -47.3 237 47 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.05 17 200 12186 -52.4 -66.1 18 13.7 -52.7 245 56 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14020 -59.2 -78.1 7 18.9 -59.4 244 52 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16510 -64.0 -83.5 5 19.6 -64.1 301 17 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.13 m Freezing level: 612.17 mb = 4198.02 m = 13772.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.30 mb = 4009.39 m = 13154.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.23 mb = 1231.57 m = 4040.55 ft T: 13.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 0.48 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2723.95 m = 8936.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6864.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.85 mb = 1588.94 m = 5213.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.3 neg: -89.6 tot: 274.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 299.83 m/s