MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-95.63 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 983 222 22.9 17.5 72 5.4 19.2 120 8 297.5 299.9 293.0 334.9 12.89 2 950 519 25.5 15.7 55 9.8 18.8 152 19 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.2 11.85 3 900 992 22.4 13.1 55 9.4 16.3 181 24 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.2 10.55 4 850 1487 18.6 11.1 62 7.5 13.8 198 29 305.6 307.4 293.1 335.1 9.81 5 800 2003 14.3 9.2 71 5.1 11.2 211 32 306.4 308.1 292.8 334.1 9.17 6 750 2545 9.8 7.4 85 2.4 8.4 226 36 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.5 8.67 7 700 3115 6.5 -3.0 51 9.5 1.8 248 30 309.7 310.5 289.8 323.5 4.40 8 650 3719 2.6 -12.5 32 15.1 -3.4 256 28 311.9 312.4 288.5 319.3 2.26 9 600 4361 -0.9 -20.6 21 19.7 -7.3 256 29 315.0 315.3 288.5 319.2 1.23 10 550 5052 -3.4 -28.2 13 24.8 -10.1 258 32 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.68 11 500 5798 -8.7 -18.7 44 10.0 -12.1 263 35 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.3 1.75 12 450 6603 -16.0 -20.5 68 4.5 -17.3 270 35 323.1 323.4 291.4 328.8 1.66 13 400 7478 -22.5 -23.1 95 0.6 -22.7 262 37 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.9 1.49 14 350 8445 -29.2 -30.7 87 1.5 -29.5 257 50 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.5 0.84 15 300 9525 -38.5 -41.6 73 3.1 -38.8 259 55 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.4 0.33 16 250 10751 -48.3 -49.1 92 0.8 -48.3 260 64 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.18 17 200 12190 -57.0 -65.2 34 8.3 -57.1 266 67 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13982 -62.5 -77.5 12 15.1 -62.6 267 60 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16465 -65.3 -84.2 6 18.9 -65.4 264 39 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.26 m Freezing level: 613.20 mb = 4191.77 m = 13752.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.39 mb = 3322.86 m = 10901.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.63 mb = 918.34 m = 3012.88 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.01 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2292.11 m = 7519.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 28.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 541.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.81 mb = 1815.73 m = 5957.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.81 mb = 2965.52 m = 9729.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.81 mb = 5011.37 m = 16441.30 ft B at Equ Level: 71.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.81 mb = 13471.88 m = 44198.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 419.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 140.80 m/s