MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 25 SFC 957 405 17.7 15.6 87 2.1 16.3 196 4 294.6 296.7 291.2 328.2 11.72 2 950 464 18.8 15.3 80 3.5 16.5 198 8 296.2 298.3 291.6 329.5 11.55 3 900 931 20.1 13.3 65 6.8 15.7 228 21 302.2 304.2 292.8 333.9 10.72 4 850 1423 18.6 8.6 52 10.0 12.5 236 21 305.6 307.2 291.9 330.6 8.30 5 800 1941 15.4 0.8 37 14.6 7.6 243 22 307.6 308.6 289.8 323.3 5.09 6 750 2483 11.0 -5.0 32 16.0 3.4 247 26 308.5 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.51 7 700 3053 6.4 -6.9 38 13.2 0.4 240 33 309.5 310.1 288.7 319.8 3.26 8 650 3655 1.3 -8.3 49 9.5 -2.9 236 40 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.4 3.15 9 600 4293 -3.9 -12.2 53 8.3 -7.1 232 44 311.6 312.1 288.6 319.7 2.51 10 550 4975 -7.1 -25.0 22 18.0 -11.9 236 48 315.7 315.9 288.3 318.8 0.91 11 500 5712 -11.0 -32.4 15 21.4 -15.6 234 50 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.4 0.50 12 450 6513 -16.2 -36.9 15 20.7 -19.9 235 53 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 13 400 7389 -22.4 -39.0 20 16.7 -24.8 239 63 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.33 14 350 8354 -30.0 -41.8 31 11.9 -31.3 239 72 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.4 0.28 15 300 9431 -39.0 -44.2 58 5.2 -39.4 242 81 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.25 16 250 10655 -48.4 -52.1 65 3.7 -48.5 244 95 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12103 -54.0 -68.0 16 14.0 -54.2 246 86 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13932 -59.0 -78.7 6 19.7 -59.2 251 72 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16424 -66.6 -83.8 7 17.2 -66.7 251 35 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.08 m Freezing level: 637.76 mb = 3811.31 m = 12504.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.24 mb = 3120.37 m = 10237.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.74 mb = 678.43 m = 2225.78 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.36 mb = 2601.17 m = 8533.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 24.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 193.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 262.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.47 mb = 1683.73 m = 5523.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.47 mb = 3537.80 m = 11606.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.47 mb = 9443.35 m = 30981.73 ft B at Equ Level: 192.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.47 mb = 11500.34 m = 37730.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 124.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.65 Bulk Shear: 73.06 m/s