MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.76,-96.19 Latitude: 36.76 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 982 269 12.7 10.2 84 2.6 11.3 274 7 287.4 288.8 285.2 309.7 7.97 2 950 547 14.5 9.1 70 5.4 11.3 297 17 291.9 293.2 286.6 313.7 7.64 3 900 1003 11.9 6.4 69 5.5 8.8 320 21 293.7 294.9 286.4 313.1 6.69 4 850 1479 8.4 3.2 70 5.2 5.6 330 30 294.9 295.9 285.8 311.4 5.66 5 800 1977 5.5 -0.5 65 6.0 2.6 326 41 297.0 297.8 285.5 310.7 4.61 6 750 2502 2.0 -1.5 78 3.5 0.3 319 46 298.7 299.6 286.2 312.4 4.56 7 700 3056 -0.1 -10.9 44 10.9 -4.2 321 43 302.4 302.9 285.2 309.8 2.37 8 650 3647 -1.8 -15.3 35 13.5 -6.5 322 42 306.9 307.3 286.3 312.7 1.79 9 600 4280 -5.5 -12.4 58 6.9 -8.1 321 40 309.8 310.2 288.0 317.7 2.46 10 550 4956 -10.1 -13.8 74 3.8 -11.4 311 39 312.1 312.6 288.7 319.9 2.39 11 500 5685 -14.5 -19.6 65 5.1 -16.0 305 42 315.4 315.7 289.0 320.8 1.62 12 450 6477 -18.8 -23.5 66 4.7 -20.0 313 41 319.6 319.9 290.0 324.0 1.27 13 400 7344 -25.3 -27.6 81 2.3 -25.8 321 41 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.6 0.99 14 350 8298 -32.9 -36.0 73 3.1 -33.3 325 50 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.3 0.50 15 300 9364 -40.9 -46.7 54 5.8 -41.3 330 55 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.19 16 250 10591 -44.7 -64.5 9 19.9 -45.3 318 41 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 12073 -48.0 -72.1 5 24.2 -48.6 296 38 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13941 -55.2 -79.8 3 24.6 -55.6 299 31 374.9 374.9 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16471 -63.8 -83.4 5 19.6 -64.0 285 14 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.43 m Freezing level: 701.38 mb = 3040.64 m = 9975.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.53 mb = 2538.82 m = 8329.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.46 % Est. max temperature: 20.96 C = 69.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.78 mb = 593.89 m = 1948.43 ft T: 14.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.04 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.42 mb = 1901.18 m = 6237.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 6.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.87 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 15.14 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11230.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.32 mb = 1349.21 m = 4426.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.3 neg: -11.2 tot: 107.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 75.84 m/s