MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 37.97,-96.75 Latitude: 37.97 Longitude: -96.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 959 433 22.6 9.7 44 12.9 14.7 211 14 299.3 300.7 289.5 322.4 7.87 2 950 518 22.9 9.2 42 13.8 14.6 212 21 300.5 301.9 289.8 323.2 7.69 3 900 987 20.3 8.1 45 12.2 13.0 218 33 302.5 303.8 290.3 325.0 7.55 4 850 1477 16.5 7.2 54 9.3 11.0 222 40 303.4 304.8 290.5 325.9 7.49 5 800 1990 12.8 5.9 63 6.9 8.8 227 46 304.8 306.1 290.8 326.8 7.31 6 750 2529 9.3 4.5 72 4.7 6.6 225 43 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.1 7.07 7 700 3099 5.7 3.6 86 2.2 4.5 219 37 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.5 7.07 8 650 3702 2.0 0.7 91 1.4 1.3 205 30 311.3 312.4 291.9 330.5 6.20 9 600 4345 -1.7 -2.8 92 1.1 -2.3 199 32 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.6 5.18 10 550 5032 -6.0 -7.5 89 1.5 -6.6 206 31 317.0 317.8 291.7 329.8 3.97 11 500 5774 -9.8 -11.1 90 1.3 -10.4 221 36 321.0 321.7 292.2 331.9 3.27 12 450 6580 -14.9 -16.8 86 1.9 -15.5 224 40 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.3 2.29 13 400 7460 -21.2 -22.8 87 1.6 -21.6 226 44 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.8 1.53 14 350 8431 -28.8 -30.6 84 1.8 -29.2 227 45 329.9 330.0 292.5 333.0 0.85 15 300 9513 -37.9 -38.9 90 1.0 -37.9 229 52 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.44 16 250 10740 -48.6 -49.2 93 0.6 -48.6 231 55 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.17 17 200 12170 -58.8 -62.1 66 3.3 -58.9 236 71 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.05 18 150 13951 -63.2 -77.2 13 14.0 -63.3 248 66 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16433 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.7 249 29 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.21 m Freezing level: 622.68 mb = 4052.96 m = 13296.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.69 mb = 3931.23 m = 12897.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.56 mb = 2068.24 m = 6785.49 ft T: 12.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3366.38 m = 11044.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: 31.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6185.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.46 mb = 2446.76 m = 8027.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.7 neg: -77.5 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 14.87 m/s