MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 36.47,-96.81 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 974 287 19.3 17.5 89 1.8 18.1 104 12 294.6 297.0 292.2 331.9 13.02 2 950 504 20.4 15.7 74 4.7 17.3 127 18 297.9 300.0 292.4 332.4 11.89 3 900 973 20.3 14.2 68 6.1 16.3 179 21 302.5 304.5 293.3 336.1 11.37 4 850 1466 17.8 12.1 69 5.8 14.1 200 26 304.8 306.7 293.3 336.1 10.46 5 800 1982 14.0 10.2 78 3.8 11.6 208 29 306.1 307.9 293.2 335.6 9.81 6 750 2524 9.9 8.3 90 1.6 8.9 216 32 307.3 309.0 293.1 335.1 9.18 7 700 3094 6.1 5.4 95 0.7 5.6 221 35 309.2 310.7 292.7 333.9 8.04 8 650 3698 1.8 0.7 92 1.1 1.2 228 39 311.0 312.1 291.7 330.2 6.19 9 600 4339 -1.8 -8.8 59 7.0 -4.8 232 38 314.0 314.6 290.1 324.5 3.27 10 550 5027 -4.8 -14.5 47 9.7 -8.5 229 35 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.25 11 500 5770 -8.9 -18.4 46 9.5 -12.1 228 33 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.3 1.79 12 450 6578 -13.9 -23.3 45 9.4 -16.5 228 34 325.8 326.0 291.8 330.3 1.30 13 400 7461 -19.9 -28.7 45 8.8 -21.8 231 38 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.4 0.89 14 350 8436 -27.2 -35.1 47 7.9 -28.5 230 39 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.1 0.55 15 300 9527 -35.2 -41.7 51 6.5 -35.9 226 40 335.8 335.8 293.6 337.0 0.33 16 250 10771 -44.9 -48.9 64 4.0 -45.1 230 41 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.18 17 200 12228 -55.6 -57.4 80 1.8 -55.6 226 63 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.08 18 150 14010 -65.4 -74.6 27 9.2 -65.5 242 67 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16468 -64.3 -83.1 6 18.8 -64.5 228 47 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.33 m Freezing level: 625.41 mb = 4013.19 m = 13166.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.13 mb = 3820.40 m = 12533.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.17 mb = 512.04 m = 1679.90 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 11.60 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2189.47 m = 7183.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.41 mb = 1400.94 m = 4596.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.41 mb = 3313.48 m = 10870.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.41 mb = 5295.11 m = 17372.20 ft B at Equ Level: 73.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 361.41 mb = 8202.15 m = 26909.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 327.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 160.01 m/s