MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 37.50,-96.44 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -96.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 964 411 27.1 15.7 50 11.3 19.4 178 19 303.4 305.5 293.9 338.2 11.73 2 950 541 24.5 14.4 53 10.1 17.8 180 26 302.1 304.1 292.9 334.4 10.93 3 900 1011 20.0 13.4 66 6.6 15.7 184 29 302.1 304.1 292.8 333.9 10.77 4 850 1501 16.0 11.9 77 4.1 13.4 190 28 302.9 304.8 292.7 333.6 10.35 5 800 2018 16.8 4.4 44 12.3 9.6 218 28 309.0 310.3 291.5 329.2 6.57 6 750 2565 13.5 2.1 46 11.4 7.1 232 24 311.2 312.3 291.6 329.7 5.96 7 700 3142 9.2 0.5 54 8.7 4.5 237 21 312.7 313.8 291.9 330.5 5.67 8 650 3752 4.5 -1.0 67 5.5 1.6 232 16 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.3 5.46 9 600 4397 -1.5 -3.8 84 2.4 -2.6 228 15 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.6 4.80 10 550 5085 -5.8 -10.9 67 5.1 -7.9 255 20 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.1 3.02 11 500 5825 -10.4 -17.8 55 7.4 -12.9 248 23 320.3 320.7 290.7 326.7 1.89 12 450 6627 -16.0 -28.5 33 12.5 -18.8 242 23 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.0 0.81 13 400 7503 -22.6 -36.2 28 13.5 -24.8 238 28 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.43 14 350 8467 -30.2 -37.2 50 7.0 -31.1 232 30 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.45 15 300 9544 -38.5 -45.6 48 7.0 -39.1 232 34 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 16 250 10773 -47.0 -56.9 31 9.9 -47.4 240 41 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12218 -55.6 -63.2 38 7.6 -55.8 246 46 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14024 -61.2 -76.8 11 15.6 -61.3 244 44 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16511 -65.7 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.8 268 17 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.02 m Freezing level: 612.37 mb = 4237.32 m = 13901.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.02 mb = 3990.54 m = 13092.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.15 mb = 1837.39 m = 6028.12 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 8.95 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 3067.56 m = 10064.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.15 C = 97.06 F Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 29.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 310.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.23 mb = 1857.55 m = 6094.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.23 mb = 4260.69 m = 13978.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.23 mb = 10003.23 m = 32818.61 ft B at Equ Level: 304.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.23 mb = 12210.72 m = 40060.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 136.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 7.07 Bulk Shear: 43.10 m/s