MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.68,-95 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 976 251 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 188 12 296.0 298.4 293.0 334.7 13.43 2 950 484 20.8 17.6 82 3.2 18.7 195 26 298.3 300.7 293.7 337.4 13.47 3 900 951 18.1 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 211 39 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.2 13.01 4 850 1441 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.3 237 42 305.2 307.2 293.6 337.0 10.59 5 800 1960 16.5 4.8 46 11.7 9.7 244 37 308.8 310.0 291.6 329.5 6.76 6 750 2505 12.4 -2.3 36 14.6 4.9 242 35 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.5 4.32 7 700 3079 7.5 -2.7 48 10.2 2.4 237 36 310.8 311.6 290.2 324.8 4.48 8 650 3683 2.6 -5.4 55 8.0 -1.2 236 40 311.9 312.7 290.1 324.4 3.93 9 600 4325 -1.8 -14.2 38 12.5 -6.4 233 44 314.1 314.5 289.0 321.0 2.12 10 550 5012 -6.3 -19.5 34 13.2 -10.5 232 48 316.7 316.9 289.3 321.7 1.48 11 500 5750 -11.2 -26.1 28 14.8 -15.0 237 49 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.5 0.91 12 450 6550 -16.2 -33.0 22 16.8 -19.5 239 50 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.53 13 400 7427 -21.6 -37.9 22 16.3 -24.2 242 57 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.37 14 350 8396 -29.0 -44.3 21 15.3 -30.6 242 62 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.21 15 300 9479 -37.4 -44.4 48 7.0 -38.1 248 72 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.5 0.25 16 250 10709 -47.7 -47.7 100 0.0 -47.7 250 80 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.21 17 200 12155 -53.2 -67.6 16 14.4 -53.5 251 88 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13979 -61.0 -79.6 7 18.6 -61.1 255 77 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16443 -69.8 -83.7 11 13.9 -69.9 258 43 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.02 m Freezing level: 620.11 mb = 4067.28 m = 13343.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.39 mb = 3480.26 m = 11418.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.48 mb = 607.85 m = 1994.24 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 14.70 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.58 mb = 2309.71 m = 7577.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.69 F Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 31.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 670.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.90 mb = 1057.32 m = 3468.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.90 mb = 3388.73 m = 11117.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.90 mb = 11140.65 m = 36550.25 ft B at Equ Level: 651.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.90 mb = 13041.78 m = 42787.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.2 neg: -11.5 tot: 337.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 83.77 m/s