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: 37.35,-95.48 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 973 277 26.1 17.8 60 8.4 20.4 187 25 301.7 304.1 294.5 340.7 13.27 2 950 482 22.9 16.7 68 6.2 18.7 189 39 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.6 12.70 3 900 950 18.2 15.6 85 2.5 16.5 193 46 300.2 302.5 293.5 336.8 12.49 4 850 1439 17.1 11.9 71 5.2 13.8 213 56 304.1 306.0 293.0 335.0 10.35 5 800 1956 15.3 7.3 59 7.9 10.4 218 52 307.4 308.9 292.2 331.9 8.06 6 750 2500 12.1 4.2 58 7.9 7.6 220 48 309.8 311.1 292.0 331.1 6.92 7 700 3074 8.1 2.5 68 5.5 4.9 221 47 311.4 312.6 292.2 331.8 6.57 8 650 3681 3.0 -2.1 69 5.1 0.4 222 48 312.4 313.3 291.2 328.3 5.06 9 600 4324 -2.3 -6.9 71 4.5 -4.4 229 46 313.4 314.1 290.5 325.6 3.81 10 550 5009 -6.7 -14.9 52 8.2 -9.6 227 44 316.1 316.5 289.8 323.3 2.18 11 500 5745 -12.4 -15.6 77 3.2 -13.5 224 45 317.9 318.4 290.4 325.5 2.28 12 450 6543 -17.3 -17.4 99 0.1 -17.3 226 46 321.5 321.9 291.4 328.8 2.17 13 400 7415 -24.2 -24.7 95 0.5 -24.3 226 49 323.6 323.8 291.2 328.0 1.29 14 350 8373 -31.0 -43.2 29 12.3 -32.3 219 48 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 15 300 9447 -39.3 -39.7 96 0.4 -39.4 225 50 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.40 16 250 10669 -49.3 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 232 53 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.17 17 200 12097 -56.8 -62.4 49 5.6 -56.9 239 72 342.8 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 13903 -61.5 -77.1 11 15.6 -61.7 245 66 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16418 -62.4 -84.1 4 21.7 -62.6 245 44 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.50 m Freezing level: 621.78 mb = 4043.74 m = 13266.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.53 mb = 3736.69 m = 12259.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.99 mb = 1329.00 m = 4360.20 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2334.72 m = 7659.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.24 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1082.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.42 mb = 1334.58 m = 4378.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.42 mb = 3489.24 m = 11447.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.42 mb = 11331.28 m = 37175.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1077.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.42 mb = 14095.39 m = 46244.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.2 neg: -6.6 tot: 382.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 15.82 Bulk Shear: 68.42 m/s