MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 38.16,-98.86 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 564 SFC 946 599 26.3 14.2 47 12.1 18.2 153 14 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.4 10.79 3 900 1036 21.4 12.5 57 8.9 15.6 160 20 303.5 305.4 292.7 333.8 10.16 4 850 1528 16.7 11.5 71 5.2 13.4 167 19 303.7 305.5 292.7 333.7 10.09 5 800 2041 12.0 10.4 90 1.5 11.0 175 18 303.9 305.7 292.7 333.7 9.98 6 750 2579 8.4 7.1 92 1.3 7.6 196 21 305.7 307.3 292.0 331.3 8.48 7 700 3149 6.1 4.0 86 2.1 4.9 218 27 309.2 310.6 292.1 331.5 7.28 8 650 3753 2.8 -1.5 73 4.3 0.6 235 28 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.6 5.26 9 600 4395 -2.6 -5.3 82 2.7 -3.8 238 28 313.1 314.0 290.8 326.8 4.30 10 550 5079 -7.7 -11.8 72 4.1 -9.3 240 26 314.9 315.5 290.0 324.0 2.80 11 500 5815 -11.6 -22.6 40 11.0 -14.7 237 27 318.9 319.1 289.7 323.2 1.25 12 450 6614 -17.2 -30.5 30 13.4 -19.9 231 28 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.67 13 400 7485 -23.7 -31.8 47 8.1 -25.2 237 31 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.67 14 350 8446 -30.8 -39.9 40 9.1 -31.9 242 32 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.34 15 300 9522 -39.1 -49.3 33 10.2 -39.8 255 33 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.14 16 250 10744 -48.9 -53.3 60 4.4 -49.0 266 35 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.11 17 200 12189 -54.2 -68.2 16 13.9 -54.5 271 44 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14001 -61.0 -77.5 9 16.6 -61.1 256 48 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16475 -67.4 -82.9 9 15.5 -67.5 244 34 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.83 m Freezing level: 623.97 mb = 4087.35 m = 13409.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.20 mb = 3837.49 m = 12590.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.45 mb = 2120.29 m = 6956.25 ft T: 11.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 5.10 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.52 mb = 2268.08 m = 7441.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 573.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.18 mb = 2154.72 m = 7069.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.18 mb = 2532.64 m = 8309.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.18 mb = 2983.08 m = 9786.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 664.18 mb = 3577.09 m = 11735.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 9.16 Bulk Shear: 62.62 m/s