MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.03,-96.70 Latitude: 37.03 Longitude: -96.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 960 349 26.3 16.8 56 9.5 19.8 200 19 302.9 305.2 294.4 340.3 12.61 2 950 443 26.2 16.1 54 10.1 19.3 202 28 303.8 306.0 294.3 340.0 12.19 3 900 917 22.2 14.7 63 7.4 17.2 206 39 304.4 306.6 294.2 339.5 11.79 4 850 1411 17.7 13.3 75 4.4 14.8 211 44 304.7 306.8 294.0 338.6 11.36 5 800 1927 13.3 10.9 85 2.4 11.7 216 49 305.3 307.2 293.3 336.1 10.28 6 750 2467 9.6 6.2 79 3.4 7.6 221 50 307.0 308.4 292.0 331.1 7.95 7 700 3037 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 223 51 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.3 6.37 8 650 3638 0.8 -1.2 86 2.0 -0.2 221 56 309.9 310.9 290.7 326.7 5.40 9 600 4277 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 218 62 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.4 4.72 10 550 4961 -7.1 -8.3 91 1.2 -7.6 215 66 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.6 3.71 11 500 5696 -13.2 -15.0 87 1.7 -13.8 216 64 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.8 2.39 12 450 6487 -20.2 -22.5 82 2.3 -20.8 218 66 317.9 318.1 289.6 322.6 1.40 13 400 7349 -26.0 -29.3 73 3.4 -26.6 214 74 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.2 0.84 14 350 8302 -32.4 -50.5 15 18.1 -33.8 224 77 325.0 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.11 15 300 9372 -40.0 -55.9 17 16.0 -40.8 234 83 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10595 -47.8 -60.9 21 13.1 -48.1 240 79 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.04 17 200 12047 -52.5 -70.4 10 17.9 -52.8 240 85 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13886 -58.1 -78.8 5 20.8 -58.3 251 38 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16399 -62.7 -84.0 4 21.3 -62.9 254 48 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.43 m Freezing level: 639.29 mb = 3774.82 m = 12384.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3603.54 m = 11822.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.93 mb = 1553.17 m = 5095.62 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.90 mb = 1969.73 m = 6462.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.96 C Cross Totals Index: 26.53 C K Index: 40.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1734.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.26 mb = 1818.36 m = 5965.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.26 mb = 2189.71 m = 7183.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.26 mb = 10990.26 m = 36056.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1733.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.26 mb = 14527.32 m = 47661.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 275.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.74 Bulk Rich Number: 21.12 Bulk Shear: 82.13 m/s