MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 36.50,-93.49 Latitude: 36.50 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 971 352 22.3 17.0 72 5.3 18.7 217 8 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.7 12.65 2 950 539 20.5 15.5 73 5.0 17.2 219 16 298.0 300.1 292.3 332.0 11.73 3 900 1003 16.1 14.4 90 1.7 15.0 220 19 298.1 300.2 292.2 331.7 11.55 4 850 1487 12.6 12.6 100 0.0 12.6 223 19 299.3 301.3 292.0 331.0 10.82 5 800 1995 10.3 10.0 98 0.3 10.1 225 23 302.1 303.9 291.9 330.8 9.66 6 750 2531 7.7 7.1 96 0.6 7.3 218 31 304.9 306.5 291.8 330.3 8.46 7 700 3098 4.7 4.5 99 0.2 4.6 216 40 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.8 7.58 8 650 3699 1.3 1.2 99 0.1 1.3 204 38 310.4 311.6 291.8 330.3 6.43 9 600 4340 -2.5 -4.0 90 1.4 -3.3 194 37 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.2 4.75 10 550 5024 -6.8 -7.9 92 1.1 -7.2 206 43 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.4 3.84 11 500 5764 -10.9 -12.0 91 1.2 -11.3 213 47 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.8 3.04 12 450 6566 -16.2 -16.8 95 0.6 -16.4 212 47 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.5 2.28 13 400 7442 -21.5 -32.8 35 11.3 -23.6 223 53 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.61 14 350 8413 -28.6 -48.9 12 20.4 -30.5 225 59 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.13 15 300 9496 -37.8 -53.8 17 16.0 -38.7 221 59 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10728 -46.8 -59.6 22 12.8 -47.3 221 58 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12176 -54.1 -66.2 22 12.0 -54.4 224 60 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14004 -60.4 -77.6 9 17.2 -60.6 225 38 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16491 -66.3 -83.2 8 16.9 -66.4 226 28 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.34 m Freezing level: 633.39 mb = 3911.90 m = 12834.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.14 mb = 3871.56 m = 12701.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.25 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.67 mb = 1024.97 m = 3362.72 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.51 mb = 1285.08 m = 4216.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.66 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.17 mb = 1201.26 m = 3941.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.17 mb = 1445.51 m = 4742.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.17 mb = 7183.28 m = 23566.91 ft B at Equ Level: 120.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.17 mb = 10104.40 m = 33150.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.2 neg: -16.0 tot: 51.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.46 Bulk Shear: 49.35 m/s