MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 35 SFC 958 405 20.7 15.2 71 5.5 17.1 218 2 297.4 299.5 291.9 330.5 11.41 2 950 476 19.5 14.7 74 4.8 16.4 221 2 297.0 299.0 291.5 329.2 11.14 3 900 940 18.2 12.4 69 5.8 14.6 238 5 300.3 302.2 291.7 330.0 10.11 4 850 1430 17.8 5.1 43 12.7 10.4 232 10 304.8 306.0 290.1 324.4 6.49 5 800 1945 15.1 -3.9 27 19.0 5.7 223 16 307.2 307.9 288.2 318.3 3.57 6 750 2486 10.3 -5.9 31 16.2 2.7 220 19 307.7 308.3 288.1 318.0 3.27 7 700 3055 5.1 -7.7 39 12.8 -0.5 231 24 308.1 308.7 288.0 317.7 3.05 8 650 3653 -0.2 -9.0 51 8.8 -3.8 235 33 308.8 309.3 288.2 318.2 2.98 9 600 4288 -4.4 -20.6 27 16.2 -9.3 242 38 311.0 311.3 287.1 315.2 1.24 10 550 4969 -7.7 -32.8 11 25.1 -13.2 245 44 315.0 315.0 287.6 316.5 0.44 11 500 5704 -12.3 -36.4 12 24.0 -16.8 244 47 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.2 0.34 12 450 6499 -18.0 -37.5 16 19.5 -21.2 240 50 320.6 320.6 289.3 321.8 0.34 13 400 7368 -24.4 -39.3 24 14.8 -26.5 241 60 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.4 0.32 14 350 8326 -31.8 -38.1 54 6.3 -32.6 237 77 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.3 0.41 15 300 9396 -40.1 -46.7 50 6.5 -40.6 232 83 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.19 16 250 10619 -47.1 -59.0 25 11.9 -47.6 233 86 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 17 200 12082 -50.8 -74.4 4 23.6 -51.2 249 63 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13926 -58.3 -79.0 5 20.7 -58.6 253 53 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16423 -66.0 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.1 255 36 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.69 m Freezing level: 651.48 mb = 3635.71 m = 11928.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.88 mb = 2962.41 m = 9719.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.71 mb = 1096.34 m = 3596.87 ft T: 18.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.43 mb = 2636.81 m = 8650.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.43 C K Index: 22.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 270.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.82 mb = 1716.33 m = 5630.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.82 mb = 3446.95 m = 11308.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.82 mb = 8592.37 m = 28189.85 ft B at Equ Level: 154.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.82 mb = 10438.44 m = 34246.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 85.58 m/s