MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.95,-95.32 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 977 248 25.8 17.9 62 7.9 20.4 185 23 301.0 303.4 294.3 340.1 13.31 2 950 492 22.3 16.6 70 5.7 18.5 187 38 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.9 12.64 3 900 960 17.8 15.5 86 2.3 16.3 191 44 299.9 302.1 293.4 336.2 12.41 4 850 1449 17.5 12.5 72 5.0 14.2 211 53 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.5 10.74 5 800 1966 15.2 7.6 60 7.6 10.6 217 50 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.3 8.22 6 750 2510 11.9 4.6 61 7.3 7.6 222 46 309.5 310.9 292.1 331.3 7.10 7 700 3084 7.9 3.8 75 4.1 5.6 223 45 311.3 312.7 292.7 333.6 7.22 8 650 3691 3.0 0.1 81 2.9 1.4 225 45 312.4 313.5 291.9 330.9 5.92 9 600 4334 -2.5 -5.4 80 3.0 -3.8 229 43 313.3 314.1 290.8 326.8 4.25 10 550 5018 -6.8 -15.7 49 9.0 -9.9 225 41 316.1 316.4 289.6 322.8 2.04 11 500 5756 -12.0 -17.9 62 5.8 -13.9 225 42 318.4 318.7 290.2 324.7 1.87 12 450 6553 -17.1 -17.4 98 0.3 -17.2 232 47 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.0 2.17 13 400 7425 -24.0 -24.8 93 0.9 -24.2 228 49 323.8 324.1 291.2 328.2 1.27 14 350 8384 -31.5 -38.6 50 7.0 -32.4 223 51 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.39 15 300 9458 -39.4 -41.4 81 2.0 -39.6 224 46 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.1 0.34 16 250 10681 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 236 57 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.18 17 200 12110 -56.4 -62.3 47 5.9 -56.6 241 72 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 13918 -61.3 -77.0 11 15.8 -61.4 248 67 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16427 -62.7 -84.1 4 21.4 -62.9 243 43 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.47 m Freezing level: 622.56 mb = 4043.62 m = 13266.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.48 mb = 3859.83 m = 12663.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.19 mb = 1247.90 m = 4094.12 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.17 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2291.06 m = 7516.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 37.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1008.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.09 mb = 1278.44 m = 4194.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.09 mb = 3540.16 m = 11614.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.09 mb = 11156.73 m = 36603.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1007.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.09 mb = 13830.46 m = 45374.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 386.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.42 Bulk Rich Number: 14.28 Bulk Shear: 70.66 m/s