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: 37.22,-98.70 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 486 SFC 947 511 26.6 14.7 48 11.9 18.6 153 13 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.7 11.14 3 900 962 24.0 13.2 51 10.8 16.8 153 30 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.3 10.65 4 850 1459 20.5 11.4 56 9.1 14.6 167 33 307.6 309.4 293.8 337.8 9.99 5 800 1980 16.6 9.2 62 7.4 11.9 180 34 308.8 310.5 293.5 336.7 9.14 6 750 2526 12.2 6.8 70 5.4 8.9 193 35 309.8 311.4 293.1 335.3 8.31 7 700 3101 8.1 3.8 74 4.3 5.6 207 40 311.5 312.8 292.7 333.8 7.20 8 650 3708 3.6 1.2 84 2.4 2.2 212 43 313.0 314.2 292.6 333.1 6.42 9 600 4353 -0.9 -2.0 93 1.0 -1.5 214 45 315.0 316.1 292.4 332.5 5.52 10 550 5042 -4.9 -6.7 87 1.8 -5.8 216 44 318.2 319.1 292.2 331.8 4.20 11 500 5785 -9.4 -12.3 80 2.9 -10.5 213 41 321.6 322.2 292.1 331.5 2.99 12 450 6592 -13.9 -21.5 53 7.5 -16.2 209 39 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.0 1.53 13 400 7474 -20.6 -25.9 63 5.3 -21.9 212 40 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.3 1.15 14 350 8446 -28.1 -28.5 96 0.4 -28.2 221 41 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.7 1.04 15 300 9534 -36.2 -36.3 100 0.0 -36.2 234 47 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.4 0.57 16 250 10771 -46.3 -46.4 99 0.1 -46.3 238 54 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 17 200 12212 -57.2 -58.0 90 0.9 -57.2 244 54 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14029 -60.3 -78.6 7 18.3 -60.4 233 38 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16499 -67.2 -82.9 9 15.6 -67.3 238 20 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.97 m Freezing level: 610.52 mb = 4217.26 m = 13836.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4088.13 m = 13412.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.54 mb = 2027.24 m = 6650.98 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.14 mb = 2875.94 m = 9435.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 385.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.06 mb = 2335.59 m = 7662.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.06 mb = 3557.40 m = 11671.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.06 mb = 10715.07 m = 35154.00 ft B at Equ Level: 384.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.06 mb = 13162.40 m = 43183.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.6 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 231.6 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 335.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 108.83 m/s