MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-94.37 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 960 385 22.0 17.1 74 4.8 18.7 175 21 298.6 300.9 293.3 336.2 12.91 2 950 476 21.8 16.9 74 4.9 18.5 176 33 299.3 301.6 293.5 336.7 12.82 3 900 943 18.1 15.6 85 2.5 16.4 181 48 300.2 302.5 293.5 336.8 12.49 4 850 1432 15.5 13.0 85 2.4 13.8 195 60 302.3 304.4 293.2 335.3 11.15 5 800 1945 13.0 8.3 73 4.6 10.2 208 63 305.0 306.6 292.0 330.9 8.64 6 750 2487 12.7 -1.6 37 14.3 5.3 213 56 310.4 311.2 290.1 324.5 4.53 7 700 3063 9.0 -1.7 47 10.7 3.4 213 53 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.6 4.82 8 650 3671 3.6 -1.0 72 4.7 1.2 215 53 313.0 314.1 291.7 330.2 5.46 9 600 4315 -1.8 -4.4 82 2.6 -3.0 222 54 314.0 314.9 291.3 328.6 4.60 10 550 5001 -6.5 -13.8 56 7.3 -9.2 227 57 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.3 2.40 11 500 5738 -11.8 -19.5 53 7.6 -14.2 231 63 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.1 1.63 12 450 6537 -16.8 -25.8 45 9.1 -19.0 236 66 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.8 1.03 13 400 7411 -23.1 -29.5 56 6.4 -24.4 248 78 324.9 325.1 291.1 327.9 0.83 14 350 8374 -30.7 -33.4 77 2.7 -31.1 250 85 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.65 15 300 9452 -36.9 -39.0 81 2.1 -37.1 256 80 333.3 333.4 293.0 335.0 0.43 16 250 10690 -45.8 -52.4 47 6.6 -46.1 261 65 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.5 0.12 17 200 12141 -55.7 -62.1 44 6.4 -55.8 246 74 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 13931 -61.8 -76.1 13 14.3 -62.0 258 53 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16423 -64.6 -83.7 6 19.2 -64.7 244 44 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.21 m Freezing level: 616.68 mb = 4099.98 m = 13451.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.88 mb = 3847.63 m = 12623.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.09 mb = 999.63 m = 3279.60 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 12.25 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1708.47 m = 5605.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 29.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 501.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 637.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.59 mb = 1276.39 m = 4187.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.59 mb = 3788.24 m = 12428.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.59 mb = 9905.92 m = 32499.34 ft B at Equ Level: 636.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.59 mb = 13130.36 m = 43078.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 55.7 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 659.5 neg: -25.6 tot: 633.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 211.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 153.25 m/s