MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-96.58 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 973 279 32.6 13.8 32 18.8 20.0 182 17 308.1 310.1 294.1 339.2 10.24 2 950 494 29.5 12.9 36 16.5 18.5 185 25 307.1 308.9 293.6 337.0 9.90 3 900 972 24.8 12.1 45 12.7 16.5 189 27 307.0 308.9 293.5 336.9 9.87 4 850 1470 20.0 11.2 57 8.9 14.3 192 28 307.1 309.0 293.6 336.9 9.85 5 800 1989 15.1 10.2 73 4.9 12.0 195 28 307.2 309.0 293.6 336.9 9.81 6 750 2531 10.0 9.0 93 1.0 9.4 198 29 307.4 309.2 293.5 336.6 9.64 7 700 3102 6.2 4.8 90 1.5 5.4 204 30 309.4 310.8 292.5 333.0 7.71 8 650 3706 2.9 -0.1 80 3.0 1.3 213 30 312.3 313.4 291.9 330.6 5.86 9 600 4349 -2.0 -3.3 91 1.3 -2.7 220 32 313.8 314.7 291.6 329.5 4.98 10 550 5034 -6.8 -10.4 76 3.6 -8.3 226 25 316.0 316.6 290.6 326.2 3.15 11 500 5772 -10.7 -22.2 38 11.6 -14.0 216 28 320.0 320.3 290.1 324.5 1.29 12 450 6574 -15.7 -28.7 32 13.0 -18.7 226 38 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.4 0.80 13 400 7452 -21.1 -34.7 28 13.6 -23.5 236 45 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.4 0.50 14 350 8424 -27.8 -39.9 30 12.1 -29.4 238 51 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 15 300 9512 -36.1 -46.6 33 10.5 -37.0 245 57 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 16 250 10755 -44.6 -54.1 34 9.5 -45.1 251 67 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.10 17 200 12219 -53.5 -66.9 18 13.4 -53.7 245 68 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14024 -63.2 -77.2 13 14.0 -63.3 235 63 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16465 -66.8 -83.1 8 16.3 -67.0 217 44 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.50 m Freezing level: 620.52 mb = 4085.36 m = 13403.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.58 mb = 3911.83 m = 12833.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.15 mb = 2629.40 m = 8626.53 ft T: 9.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.67 mb = 2657.14 m = 8717.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 40.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.88 mb = 2576.88 m = 8454.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.88 mb = 2858.81 m = 9379.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.88 mb = 9722.77 m = 31898.47 ft B at Equ Level: 455.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.88 mb = 12511.62 m = 41048.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 28.74 Bulk Shear: 15.89 m/s