MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 33 SFC 958 405 18.9 15.8 82 3.1 16.8 190 7 295.7 297.8 291.6 329.7 11.83 2 950 473 19.8 15.2 75 4.6 16.8 193 12 297.3 299.3 291.9 330.6 11.52 3 900 941 19.9 13.0 64 6.9 15.4 219 20 302.0 304.0 292.6 333.1 10.52 4 850 1432 17.5 10.5 63 7.0 13.1 229 26 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.7 9.41 5 800 1948 13.9 8.2 69 5.6 10.4 232 32 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.8 8.58 6 750 2489 9.7 6.5 80 3.2 7.8 234 36 307.1 308.6 292.2 331.7 8.11 7 700 3059 6.0 3.3 83 2.7 4.5 237 39 309.1 310.4 291.9 330.5 6.95 8 650 3662 2.0 -1.9 75 3.9 0.0 233 41 311.2 312.2 290.9 327.2 5.11 9 600 4303 -2.3 -10.2 55 7.9 -5.5 231 41 313.5 314.0 289.6 322.9 2.94 10 550 4988 -6.5 -19.5 35 12.9 -10.6 237 45 316.3 316.6 289.2 321.3 1.49 11 500 5728 -10.2 -25.3 28 15.0 -14.2 239 48 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.0 0.98 12 450 6531 -15.5 -29.1 30 13.6 -18.6 237 50 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.76 13 400 7409 -21.7 -32.7 37 10.9 -23.8 237 58 326.7 326.8 291.4 329.0 0.61 14 350 8377 -29.4 -38.2 42 8.8 -30.6 238 64 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.6 0.40 15 300 9456 -38.6 -42.8 65 4.1 -39.0 240 71 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.29 16 250 10679 -48.7 -52.2 68 3.4 -48.9 241 75 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12125 -53.4 -68.5 14 15.1 -53.7 246 84 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13956 -60.1 -79.1 7 19.0 -60.3 247 75 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16439 -66.6 -83.7 7 17.1 -66.7 245 33 399.0 399.0 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.27 m Freezing level: 626.65 mb = 3961.38 m = 12996.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.82 mb = 3664.20 m = 12021.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.38 mb = 803.85 m = 2637.28 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 11.80 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.33 mb = 2363.00 m = 7752.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.79 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.70 mb = 1658.34 m = 5440.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.70 mb = 3752.46 m = 12311.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.70 mb = 6822.97 m = 22384.80 ft B at Equ Level: 75.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.70 mb = 10871.13 m = 35666.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 177.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 83.77 m/s