MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-99.97 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -99.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 1 950 448 SFC 924 693 31.2 7.8 23 23.4 16.5 191 24 311.3 312.6 292.7 333.5 7.18 3 900 930 30.3 6.8 23 23.5 15.8 195 40 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.3 6.92 4 850 1436 26.0 5.5 27 20.5 13.5 201 47 313.3 314.6 292.8 334.1 6.65 5 800 1965 21.3 3.6 31 17.6 10.9 210 49 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.4 6.22 6 750 2518 16.4 1.7 37 14.7 8.0 219 49 314.4 315.5 292.4 332.5 5.77 7 700 3100 11.1 0.1 46 11.1 5.1 229 48 314.8 315.9 292.3 332.2 5.50 8 650 3712 5.4 -1.1 62 6.6 2.0 237 47 315.1 316.2 292.3 332.3 5.42 9 600 4361 1.3 -6.9 54 8.3 -2.5 244 47 317.7 318.4 291.7 329.9 3.79 10 550 5060 0.3 -31.3 7 31.6 -8.2 244 48 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.3 0.51 11 500 5817 -4.8 -34.6 8 29.8 -11.8 246 51 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.41 12 450 6635 -11.0 -35.7 11 24.7 -16.2 242 56 329.4 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.40 13 400 7527 -17.7 -36.9 17 19.2 -21.2 237 62 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.40 14 350 8510 -25.9 -30.4 66 4.5 -26.8 240 67 333.8 334.0 293.6 337.0 0.87 15 300 9608 -34.0 -42.3 43 8.3 -34.9 249 74 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.6 0.31 16 250 10857 -44.1 -51.9 42 7.7 -44.5 255 82 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.13 17 200 12323 -53.0 -61.9 33 8.9 -53.2 249 89 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14121 -65.9 -74.4 30 8.4 -66.0 257 87 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16522 -73.3 -82.8 22 9.5 -73.3 246 54 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.38 m Freezing level: 546.87 mb = 5107.77 m = 16757.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.07 mb = 3990.21 m = 13091.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.63 mb = 3628.07 m = 11902.96 ft T: 6.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 2.11 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.04 mb = 5205.46 m = 17078.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.61 C = 112.30 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: 4.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.74 C Cross Totals Index: 10.23 C K Index: 25.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4516.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.17 mb = 3911.82 m = 12833.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 420.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 102.39 m/s