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: 37.42,-96.11 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 969 322 29.9 15.2 41 14.7 19.9 179 15 305.8 307.9 294.2 339.6 11.25 2 950 492 28.1 13.6 41 14.5 18.5 184 22 305.7 307.6 293.5 336.9 10.37 3 900 969 23.7 12.4 49 11.3 16.3 193 25 306.0 307.8 293.4 336.3 10.09 4 850 1464 19.2 11.1 59 8.1 14.0 202 26 306.3 308.1 293.3 335.8 9.81 5 800 1982 14.6 9.5 71 5.1 11.4 211 28 306.8 308.5 293.0 335.0 9.36 6 750 2524 10.3 7.0 80 3.3 8.3 215 28 307.7 309.3 292.6 333.3 8.41 7 700 3096 6.5 3.3 80 3.2 4.7 213 29 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.1 6.95 8 650 3700 2.2 0.6 89 1.7 1.3 227 34 311.5 312.6 291.9 330.6 6.14 9 600 4341 -3.0 -4.9 86 1.9 -3.9 240 36 312.6 313.5 290.7 326.6 4.41 10 550 5025 -6.4 -19.1 36 12.6 -10.5 232 29 316.4 316.7 289.2 321.6 1.54 11 500 5765 -10.0 -29.4 19 19.4 -14.6 220 35 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.2 0.67 12 450 6569 -15.7 -34.5 18 18.8 -19.3 228 39 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.46 13 400 7445 -22.3 -38.9 21 16.6 -24.8 234 41 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.33 14 350 8411 -29.6 -43.5 25 13.9 -31.2 232 46 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.23 15 300 9491 -37.7 -51.0 24 13.3 -38.6 232 55 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10725 -45.8 -58.9 21 13.1 -46.3 237 67 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12188 -52.7 -68.7 13 16.0 -53.0 236 75 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13998 -62.2 -78.0 10 15.8 -62.3 237 63 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16453 -65.6 -83.3 7 17.7 -65.8 226 43 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.30 m Freezing level: 628.74 mb = 3972.59 m = 13033.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.45 mb = 3856.10 m = 12651.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.00 mb = 2173.31 m = 7130.20 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2602.33 m = 8537.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.17 mb = 2356.08 m = 7729.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.17 mb = 3093.67 m = 10149.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.17 mb = 10199.95 m = 33464.00 ft B at Equ Level: 584.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.17 mb = 12844.66 m = 42140.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 15.04 Bulk Shear: 38.89 m/s