MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-100.20 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -100.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 491 SFC 926 716 28.5 11.3 34 17.2 17.4 175 17 308.3 310.1 293.3 336.1 9.13 3 900 967 24.8 10.0 39 14.7 15.4 180 24 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.1 8.60 4 850 1464 20.0 8.9 49 11.1 13.1 185 26 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.8 8.47 5 800 1982 15.8 7.2 57 8.5 10.6 194 26 307.9 309.4 292.3 332.3 7.99 6 750 2530 14.6 2.1 42 12.6 7.6 214 30 312.5 313.6 292.0 331.0 5.92 7 700 3109 10.3 1.4 54 8.8 5.4 211 37 313.8 315.0 292.5 332.9 6.08 8 650 3720 4.9 -0.3 69 5.2 2.1 210 41 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.8 5.78 9 600 4367 -0.7 -3.4 82 2.7 -2.0 206 43 315.3 316.3 292.0 331.2 4.97 10 550 5057 -5.5 -8.6 79 3.1 -6.8 206 41 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.4 3.64 11 500 5797 -10.0 -22.4 36 12.4 -13.6 204 40 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.2 1.27 12 450 6603 -14.5 -48.6 4 34.1 -19.1 223 39 325.0 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.10 13 400 7483 -21.4 -44.5 11 23.1 -24.4 233 45 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.18 14 350 8451 -29.2 -44.9 20 15.7 -30.8 234 49 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.20 15 300 9532 -38.5 -46.5 43 7.9 -39.1 231 52 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10756 -48.5 -54.8 48 6.3 -48.8 240 57 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12202 -53.6 -68.5 15 14.9 -53.8 238 59 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14034 -59.7 -78.9 7 19.2 -59.9 246 40 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16500 -67.3 -82.8 9 15.4 -67.5 229 28 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.37 m Freezing level: 606.01 mb = 4289.19 m = 14071.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.41 mb = 4044.71 m = 13269.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.47 mb = 2867.05 m = 9406.23 ft T: 12.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.10 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.93 mb = 3683.05 m = 12083.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.17 F Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lifted Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.79 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.01 C Cross Totals Index: 18.94 C K Index: 30.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.22 mb = 2858.28 m = 9377.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.22 mb = 4826.18 m = 15833.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 476.22 mb = 6169.90 m = 20242.20 ft B at Equ Level: 16.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.22 mb = 10854.56 m = 35611.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.0 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 236.0 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 45.12 m/s