MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 6Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.15,-96.26 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 970 319 23.6 15.2 59 8.4 18.1 176 18 299.4 301.4 292.3 332.3 11.26 2 950 498 23.8 14.3 55 9.5 17.5 180 31 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.4 10.88 3 900 969 21.9 11.7 52 10.2 15.3 192 48 304.0 305.8 292.4 332.7 9.61 4 850 1464 19.8 9.5 52 10.3 13.4 205 54 306.9 308.5 292.7 333.6 8.82 5 800 1983 16.3 8.4 59 7.9 11.4 215 47 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.9 8.66 6 750 2529 12.1 7.1 71 5.0 9.0 225 42 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.6 8.45 7 700 3103 7.3 4.3 81 3.1 5.6 234 35 310.6 312.0 292.7 333.5 7.43 8 650 3708 1.9 -0.5 84 2.4 0.7 242 35 311.1 312.2 291.4 328.8 5.68 9 600 4349 -1.6 -15.9 33 14.3 -6.7 254 34 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.4 1.85 10 550 5039 -4.1 -33.4 8 29.3 -10.9 248 23 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.7 0.42 11 500 5782 -9.5 -38.3 8 28.8 -15.0 241 25 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.28 12 450 6586 -15.7 -41.4 9 25.7 -19.8 244 27 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 13 400 7460 -23.1 -39.6 21 16.5 -25.5 245 29 325.0 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.31 14 350 8423 -30.7 -47.4 18 16.7 -32.2 246 30 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.15 15 300 9497 -39.4 -50.3 31 10.9 -40.1 252 37 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.13 16 250 10718 -49.6 -52.8 69 3.2 -49.7 258 55 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12149 -57.9 -65.8 36 7.9 -58.0 258 63 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13942 -61.7 -77.3 11 15.6 -61.8 260 73 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16438 -64.1 -84.2 5 20.1 -64.3 249 41 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.14 m Freezing level: 622.51 mb = 4060.41 m = 13321.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.50 mb = 3763.68 m = 12347.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.76 mb = 1395.34 m = 4577.84 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2898.98 m = 9510.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.01 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 279.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.31 mb = 2033.10 m = 6670.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.31 mb = 3704.20 m = 12152.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 580.31 mb = 4613.48 m = 15135.90 ft B at Equ Level: 26.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 510.31 mb = 5622.83 m = 18447.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 491.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 490.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 80.02 m/s