MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.88,-98.47 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 958 412 27.2 15.2 48 12.0 19.1 139 18 304.0 306.1 293.8 337.9 11.39 2 950 487 27.4 14.7 46 12.7 18.8 141 27 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.2 11.12 3 900 963 23.5 13.4 53 10.1 16.8 146 39 305.8 307.8 293.9 338.2 10.80 4 850 1460 21.1 10.8 52 10.4 14.5 168 39 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.4 9.59 5 800 1982 17.6 7.6 52 9.9 11.4 181 38 309.9 311.4 293.1 335.2 8.24 6 750 2530 13.8 4.6 54 9.2 8.4 200 40 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.6 7.10 7 700 3108 9.7 1.9 58 7.8 5.4 210 43 313.2 314.4 292.5 332.9 6.27 8 650 3718 4.4 0.2 74 4.2 2.2 214 43 314.0 315.1 292.5 332.8 5.99 9 600 4364 -0.8 -2.1 91 1.3 -1.5 218 43 315.2 316.2 292.4 332.4 5.45 10 550 5054 -5.6 -6.5 93 0.9 -6.0 224 43 317.4 318.3 292.0 331.2 4.27 11 500 5795 -9.9 -13.7 74 3.7 -11.3 223 37 320.9 321.5 291.6 329.8 2.66 12 450 6602 -13.9 -28.6 28 14.7 -17.4 215 33 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.80 13 400 7484 -20.9 -33.4 32 12.5 -23.2 215 34 327.8 328.0 291.7 329.9 0.57 14 350 8455 -28.5 -31.0 79 2.5 -28.9 233 37 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.3 0.82 15 300 9542 -36.6 -37.2 94 0.6 -36.6 252 47 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.8 0.52 16 250 10780 -45.9 -46.0 99 0.1 -45.9 253 58 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.25 17 200 12223 -56.5 -57.5 89 1.0 -56.5 251 51 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.08 18 150 14036 -61.1 -78.3 9 17.2 -61.3 234 38 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.01 19 100 16507 -67.5 -82.9 9 15.4 -67.5 235 23 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.86 m Freezing level: 607.89 mb = 4262.38 m = 13984.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.37 mb = 4094.89 m = 13434.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.34 mb = 1935.63 m = 6350.41 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3142.59 m = 10310.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.32 C = 97.37 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 440.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.03 mb = 2284.43 m = 7494.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.03 mb = 3880.99 m = 12732.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.03 mb = 10591.60 m = 34748.94 ft B at Equ Level: 438.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.03 mb = 13358.26 m = 43825.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.5 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 232.5 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 473.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.61 Bulk Shear: 168.51 m/s