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: 37.28,-95.08 Latitude: 37.28 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 107 SFC 981 271 17.6 14.2 81 3.4 15.4 298 13 292.4 294.2 289.3 322.0 10.44 2 950 544 14.5 12.6 88 1.9 13.3 299 20 291.9 293.6 288.5 319.4 9.69 3 900 999 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 10.9 298 19 292.8 294.4 288.3 318.9 9.12 4 850 1474 8.8 8.5 98 0.3 8.6 287 18 295.3 296.8 288.5 319.1 8.23 5 800 1975 6.6 5.6 93 1.1 6.1 278 19 298.2 299.5 288.5 319.2 7.13 6 750 2504 4.3 1.9 84 2.4 3.1 263 21 301.3 302.3 288.3 318.8 5.85 7 700 3064 2.6 -7.1 49 9.7 -1.6 249 25 305.4 306.0 287.2 315.4 3.21 8 650 3658 -1.1 -18.6 25 17.5 -6.8 242 29 307.7 307.9 286.1 312.1 1.35 9 600 4292 -4.6 -16.1 40 11.4 -8.5 226 44 310.7 311.1 287.6 316.7 1.82 10 550 4972 -8.9 -12.4 75 3.6 -10.2 206 64 313.5 314.1 289.4 322.2 2.67 11 500 5703 -13.8 -21.5 52 7.7 -16.0 194 67 316.2 316.4 289.0 320.8 1.37 12 450 6494 -19.2 -38.9 16 19.7 -22.2 191 64 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.29 13 400 7360 -25.0 -50.3 8 25.2 -27.4 197 62 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.10 14 350 8319 -30.5 -52.1 10 21.6 -32.2 205 63 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.09 15 300 9400 -36.7 -57.3 10 20.7 -37.8 211 61 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.06 16 250 10643 -44.0 -61.3 13 17.3 -44.7 211 60 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12115 -51.5 -67.3 13 15.8 -51.8 222 52 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 13961 -56.7 -78.7 5 22.1 -56.9 238 28 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16480 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 256 19 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5595.71 m Freezing level: 665.16 mb = 3478.06 m = 11410.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.88 mb = 2870.24 m = 9416.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.26 % Est. max temperature: 21.64 C = 70.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.93 mb = 696.43 m = 2284.86 ft T: 13.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.57 mb = 909.70 m = 2984.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.89 C = 64.20 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 2.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 21.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.05 mb = 886.84 m = 2909.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.05 mb = 933.07 m = 3061.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 847.05 mb = 1503.21 m = 4931.72 ft B at Equ Level: 7.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 777.05 mb = 2213.45 m = 7261.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: -33.6 tot: -8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 170.95 m/s