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: 37.65,-97.09 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 965 404 25.6 15.8 55 9.8 19.0 109 6 301.9 304.0 293.5 336.7 11.81 2 950 541 28.0 14.4 43 13.6 18.9 121 10 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.4 10.92 3 900 1018 24.2 12.8 49 11.4 16.7 151 14 306.4 308.4 293.7 337.7 10.38 4 850 1515 19.9 11.6 59 8.2 14.6 168 19 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.7 10.18 5 800 2034 16.4 8.4 59 8.0 11.4 186 21 308.6 310.2 293.0 335.0 8.66 6 750 2582 14.5 -2.2 31 16.7 5.8 234 15 312.3 313.1 290.6 326.0 4.32 7 700 3160 9.6 -1.9 45 11.5 3.6 253 17 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.1 4.75 8 650 3769 3.9 -3.7 57 7.6 0.2 263 20 313.4 314.3 291.0 327.6 4.48 9 600 4413 -1.3 -9.1 55 7.8 -4.7 280 19 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.9 3.19 10 550 5101 -5.0 -23.8 21 18.7 -10.5 286 20 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.6 1.02 11 500 5844 -9.2 -28.8 19 19.6 -14.1 290 17 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.3 0.71 12 450 6649 -15.2 -29.6 28 14.5 -18.4 300 17 324.2 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.73 13 400 7526 -22.4 -31.0 45 8.6 -24.0 300 18 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.72 14 350 8491 -30.2 -42.7 29 12.5 -31.6 301 26 328.0 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.25 15 300 9568 -38.8 -47.0 41 8.3 -39.4 301 33 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.18 16 250 10793 -48.2 -54.1 51 5.9 -48.4 309 43 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 17 200 12232 -55.6 -64.6 32 9.0 -55.8 305 40 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 14051 -60.5 -78.7 8 18.1 -60.7 269 30 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16520 -67.4 -83.0 9 15.6 -67.5 253 22 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.57 m Freezing level: 612.67 mb = 4249.66 m = 13942.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.99 mb = 3793.59 m = 12446.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.94 mb = 1657.84 m = 5439.05 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 12.38 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.85 mb = 3185.05 m = 10449.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.76 C = 98.17 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 736.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.98 mb = 2347.97 m = 7703.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.98 mb = 3818.58 m = 12528.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.98 mb = 11444.02 m = 37545.53 ft B at Equ Level: 722.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.98 mb = 13803.68 m = 45287.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 198.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 9.10 Bulk Shear: 80.96 m/s