MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.18,-94.15 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 958 419 27.1 17.1 54 10.0 20.2 214 16 303.9 306.3 294.8 342.3 12.89 2 950 495 25.3 16.4 58 8.9 19.2 215 23 302.9 305.2 294.3 339.7 12.42 3 900 967 20.5 15.1 71 5.3 16.9 216 30 302.6 304.8 293.9 338.5 12.11 4 850 1458 16.1 13.8 87 2.2 14.6 219 32 303.0 305.1 293.8 337.8 11.76 5 800 1971 12.7 10.6 87 2.1 11.3 226 34 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.8 10.08 6 750 2512 10.7 3.4 60 7.3 6.6 236 32 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.2 6.52 7 700 3083 6.2 2.6 77 3.7 4.2 241 27 309.4 310.6 291.6 329.7 6.60 8 650 3686 1.5 0.3 92 1.2 0.8 243 24 310.6 311.8 291.5 329.3 6.01 9 600 4326 -3.1 -4.0 93 0.9 -3.5 237 24 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.5 4.75 10 550 5010 -7.6 -8.2 95 0.6 -7.8 235 27 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.1 3.75 11 500 5746 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 223 31 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.08 12 450 6547 -16.2 -16.5 98 0.2 -16.3 215 40 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.7 2.34 13 400 7424 -22.1 -22.2 99 0.1 -22.1 218 48 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.9 1.61 14 350 8391 -29.5 -29.6 100 0.0 -29.5 225 58 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.3 0.94 15 300 9472 -37.7 -37.7 100 -0.0 -37.7 226 71 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.2 0.50 16 250 10702 -47.7 -47.8 99 0.1 -47.7 235 87 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.20 17 200 12157 -51.7 -70.5 9 18.8 -52.1 244 84 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13985 -60.0 -78.6 7 18.6 -60.2 247 71 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16459 -68.5 -83.8 9 15.2 -68.7 256 40 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.71 m Freezing level: 633.82 mb = 3893.42 m = 12773.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.31 mb = 3806.31 m = 12487.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.81 mb = 1681.98 m = 5518.24 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.09 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1815.62 m = 5956.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1042.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.53 mb = 1654.21 m = 5427.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.53 mb = 2786.52 m = 9142.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.53 mb = 11090.77 m = 36386.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1032.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.53 mb = 13755.15 m = 45127.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 103.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 139.53 Bulk Shear: 7.47 m/s