MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-96.89 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 351 22.4 15.9 67 6.5 18.1 144 15 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.1 11.86 2 950 494 23.3 15.3 61 8.0 17.9 151 26 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.8 11.55 3 900 967 23.8 12.2 48 11.6 16.3 184 44 306.0 307.9 293.3 336.1 9.98 4 850 1464 20.8 9.9 50 10.8 13.9 200 42 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.4 9.06 5 800 1985 16.6 8.2 57 8.4 11.4 209 36 308.9 310.5 293.0 334.9 8.54 6 750 2531 11.9 6.9 71 5.1 8.9 221 35 309.5 311.1 293.0 335.0 8.33 7 700 3104 7.2 2.3 71 4.9 4.5 238 38 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.4 6.46 8 650 3708 1.9 -3.8 66 5.7 -0.9 244 41 311.1 312.0 290.3 325.0 4.43 9 600 4351 0.0 -24.3 14 24.3 -7.2 254 33 316.2 316.3 288.5 319.3 0.89 10 550 5043 -3.7 -34.4 7 30.7 -10.8 260 31 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.1 0.38 11 500 5787 -9.4 -37.5 8 28.1 -14.9 261 30 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.31 12 450 6591 -15.8 -43.8 7 28.1 -19.9 259 27 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.17 13 400 7466 -22.9 -46.2 10 23.3 -25.6 262 32 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.15 14 350 8429 -30.6 -44.1 25 13.5 -32.0 262 35 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.22 15 300 9503 -39.1 -55.1 17 16.0 -40.0 258 44 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 16 250 10727 -48.7 -54.5 50 5.9 -48.9 254 62 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.09 17 200 12165 -57.0 -66.2 30 9.3 -57.1 259 64 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13962 -62.3 -77.1 12 14.8 -62.4 252 64 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16445 -64.6 -84.1 5 19.5 -64.8 255 40 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.44 m Freezing level: 599.39 mb = 4359.87 m = 14303.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.06 mb = 3607.74 m = 11836.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.57 mb = 1186.48 m = 3892.59 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.05 mb = 2788.87 m = 9149.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.72 C = 92.69 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.11 mb = 2090.05 m = 6857.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.11 mb = 3399.21 m = 11152.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 605.11 mb = 4283.28 m = 14052.59 ft B at Equ Level: 45.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.11 mb = 12995.74 m = 42636.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 596.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 596.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 198.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 174.71 m/s