MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-97.1 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -97.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 968 375 26.9 15.3 49 11.6 19.1 111 6 302.9 305.0 293.4 336.6 11.38 2 950 540 29.3 13.7 39 15.5 18.9 127 10 306.9 308.8 293.9 338.4 10.45 3 900 1018 25.3 12.3 44 13.0 16.7 156 14 307.6 309.4 293.8 337.8 10.00 4 850 1517 20.8 11.2 54 9.6 14.6 170 18 307.9 309.8 293.8 337.9 9.88 5 800 2037 16.3 9.4 64 6.9 12.0 183 21 308.5 310.3 293.5 336.8 9.29 6 750 2585 14.3 -0.6 36 14.9 6.3 229 14 312.1 313.0 291.0 327.4 4.88 7 700 3162 9.6 -3.3 40 12.8 3.1 255 15 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.7 4.29 8 650 3771 3.9 -4.1 56 7.9 0.0 266 17 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.2 4.35 9 600 4415 -1.4 -9.6 54 8.1 -4.8 281 17 314.4 315.0 290.1 324.4 3.09 10 550 5103 -5.2 -25.6 18 20.4 -10.8 286 19 318.0 318.1 289.0 321.0 0.87 11 500 5846 -9.0 -31.0 15 22.1 -14.2 293 16 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.2 0.57 12 450 6652 -14.9 -30.9 24 16.0 -18.4 301 16 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.65 13 400 7530 -22.1 -30.8 45 8.7 -23.8 303 18 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.73 14 350 8495 -30.0 -43.0 27 13.0 -31.4 303 25 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.24 15 300 9573 -38.4 -48.2 35 9.8 -39.1 302 31 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 16 250 10800 -47.9 -52.9 57 5.0 -48.1 311 46 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.11 17 200 12239 -55.8 -64.6 33 8.8 -56.0 305 43 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 14055 -60.7 -78.6 8 17.9 -60.9 270 32 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16524 -68.1 -83.0 10 14.9 -68.2 259 22 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.58 m Freezing level: 613.56 mb = 4240.30 m = 13911.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.80 mb = 3773.50 m = 12380.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.25 mb = 1854.25 m = 6083.44 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 11.22 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.09 mb = 3255.65 m = 10681.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 28.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 690.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.70 mb = 2543.09 m = 8343.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.70 mb = 3787.13 m = 12424.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.70 mb = 11374.53 m = 37317.57 ft B at Equ Level: 679.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.70 mb = 13699.14 m = 44944.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 10.23 Bulk Shear: 67.49 m/s