MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 38.12,-96.85 Latitude: 38.12 Longitude: -96.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 959 433 26.2 15.1 50 11.1 18.7 170 10 302.9 305.0 293.4 336.5 11.31 2 950 515 27.6 14.4 44 13.2 18.8 175 18 305.2 307.2 293.8 337.9 10.93 3 900 992 24.6 12.4 47 12.2 16.6 195 25 306.9 308.7 293.7 337.3 10.09 4 850 1490 20.3 10.7 54 9.6 14.1 209 28 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.3 9.55 5 800 2009 15.9 8.3 60 7.6 11.2 226 29 308.1 309.7 292.9 334.3 8.60 6 750 2554 11.4 5.7 68 5.7 8.0 247 27 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.4 7.67 7 700 3127 8.4 0.1 56 8.2 3.9 258 24 311.8 312.8 291.5 329.1 5.53 8 650 3736 4.7 -4.7 50 9.4 0.1 260 23 314.3 315.1 291.0 327.5 4.15 9 600 4382 -0.8 -8.2 57 7.4 -4.0 258 27 315.2 315.9 290.7 326.3 3.45 10 550 5070 -6.5 -11.7 67 5.2 -8.5 257 34 316.4 316.9 290.5 325.7 2.84 11 500 5807 -12.1 -20.3 50 8.2 -14.5 261 35 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.5 1.52 12 450 6605 -16.3 -34.6 19 18.3 -19.7 274 31 322.8 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.45 13 400 7484 -21.0 -50.7 5 29.7 -24.3 313 34 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.09 14 350 8453 -29.3 -48.2 14 18.9 -31.0 313 37 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.14 15 300 9532 -38.8 -53.0 21 14.3 -39.6 294 31 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.09 16 250 10755 -48.7 -56.2 42 7.5 -49.0 289 38 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 17 200 12197 -55.6 -65.0 30 9.4 -55.8 273 33 344.6 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14006 -59.8 -78.0 8 18.2 -60.0 286 39 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16507 -65.4 -83.3 7 17.9 -65.5 272 23 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.52 m Freezing level: 607.04 mb = 4291.09 m = 14078.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.35 mb = 3756.57 m = 12324.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.33 mb = 1846.80 m = 6058.98 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 2973.04 m = 9753.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.29 mb = 2427.81 m = 7965.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.29 mb = 4035.97 m = 13241.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.29 mb = 11398.99 m = 37397.81 ft B at Equ Level: 713.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.29 mb = 13747.27 m = 45102.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 249.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 8.31 Bulk Shear: 87.56 m/s