MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 957 405 21.6 14.9 66 6.7 17.2 217 5 298.5 300.5 292.0 331.0 11.19 2 950 472 23.2 14.2 57 9.0 17.3 214 9 300.7 302.7 292.4 332.4 10.77 3 900 944 22.8 11.8 50 11.0 15.7 217 22 305.0 306.8 292.8 334.1 9.70 4 850 1439 19.0 9.9 55 9.1 13.3 219 27 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.4 9.05 5 800 1957 14.5 8.9 69 5.6 11.0 221 30 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.7 8.97 6 750 2499 10.0 7.4 84 2.6 8.5 223 32 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.7 8.65 7 700 3069 6.0 4.7 91 1.3 5.2 224 34 309.1 310.5 292.4 332.6 7.67 8 650 3672 1.5 -1.3 81 2.8 0.1 230 35 310.7 311.7 290.9 327.3 5.34 9 600 4314 -0.9 -15.4 32 14.5 -6.2 243 44 315.0 315.4 289.2 321.4 1.92 10 550 5003 -5.1 -20.6 28 15.5 -10.0 243 43 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.6 1.35 11 500 5744 -10.2 -23.3 33 13.1 -13.9 241 43 320.6 320.9 290.2 324.7 1.17 12 450 6547 -15.9 -27.8 35 11.9 -18.7 243 45 323.3 323.4 290.7 326.3 0.87 13 400 7424 -21.8 -34.3 31 12.5 -24.0 242 53 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.5 0.52 14 350 8392 -29.1 -41.4 30 12.2 -30.6 248 57 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.29 15 300 9472 -38.4 -43.6 58 5.2 -38.8 249 64 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.27 16 250 10697 -48.8 -51.3 75 2.5 -48.9 245 66 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 17 200 12143 -52.6 -69.0 12 16.3 -52.9 248 79 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 13976 -59.7 -79.1 6 19.3 -59.9 243 68 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16449 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.7 -67.8 253 34 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.56 m Freezing level: 619.15 mb = 4068.02 m = 13346.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.38 mb = 3679.50 m = 12071.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.97 mb = 1268.25 m = 4160.87 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 12.34 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.94 mb = 2610.28 m = 8563.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 37.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.52 mb = 2142.24 m = 7028.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.52 mb = 3334.61 m = 10940.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 607.52 mb = 4214.10 m = 13825.62 ft B at Equ Level: 37.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.52 mb = 11598.93 m = 38053.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 63.10 m/s