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: 36.27,-95 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 973 264 23.6 17.3 67 6.4 19.3 187 22 299.2 301.5 293.5 336.6 12.85 2 950 469 23.0 16.4 67 6.6 18.5 188 40 300.5 302.8 293.6 337.0 12.44 3 900 938 19.1 15.1 77 4.0 16.4 192 51 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.05 4 850 1427 15.4 13.3 87 2.1 14.0 199 59 302.2 304.3 293.3 335.8 11.36 5 800 1939 12.2 10.4 88 1.8 11.1 212 67 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.9 9.94 6 750 2479 9.4 7.1 86 2.2 8.0 222 70 306.8 308.3 292.4 332.5 8.50 7 700 3049 5.8 3.8 87 2.0 4.6 220 69 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.0 7.20 8 650 3651 1.1 0.5 96 0.6 0.8 217 68 310.2 311.4 291.5 329.2 6.13 9 600 4291 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.1 215 67 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.3 4.99 10 550 4975 -7.1 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.2 218 67 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.4 3.96 11 500 5711 -11.9 -12.3 97 0.4 -12.1 225 68 318.5 319.1 291.2 328.3 2.98 12 450 6510 -16.2 -16.3 99 0.1 -16.2 235 72 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.0 2.38 13 400 7386 -22.1 -22.1 100 0.0 -22.1 248 72 326.3 326.6 292.3 332.0 1.63 14 350 8351 -29.6 -31.5 84 1.9 -30.0 248 72 328.8 328.9 292.2 331.6 0.78 15 300 9431 -37.9 -39.2 87 1.3 -38.0 249 77 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.6 0.43 16 250 10666 -46.2 -46.9 93 0.7 -46.3 255 76 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.22 17 200 12114 -55.9 -59.4 65 3.5 -56.0 243 66 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 13907 -60.1 -77.4 9 17.3 -60.3 260 57 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16421 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.3 -62.8 244 36 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.04 m Freezing level: 636.61 mb = 3822.44 m = 12540.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3774.45 m = 12383.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.81 mb = 1073.63 m = 3522.36 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1647.23 m = 5404.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 38.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 721.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.53 mb = 1371.43 m = 4499.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.53 mb = 2472.91 m = 8113.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.53 mb = 10386.76 m = 34076.90 ft B at Equ Level: 717.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.53 mb = 13484.51 m = 44239.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 63.9 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 48.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 706.3 neg: -26.7 tot: 679.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 226.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.72 Bulk Shear: 152.79 m/s