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: 36.68,-94.77 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 969 288 22.4 17.6 74 4.8 19.2 179 23 298.3 300.7 293.5 336.7 13.21 2 950 456 21.8 17.0 74 4.8 18.5 181 39 299.3 301.7 293.6 337.1 12.94 3 900 924 18.1 15.7 86 2.3 16.5 185 51 300.1 302.4 293.6 337.0 12.60 4 850 1412 15.2 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 198 61 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.9 11.46 5 800 1925 13.1 8.8 75 4.3 10.4 213 66 305.1 306.8 292.2 331.9 8.93 6 750 2466 10.8 4.7 66 6.1 7.3 218 66 308.3 309.7 291.8 330.3 7.18 7 700 3038 6.6 1.9 72 4.7 4.0 215 65 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.2 6.28 8 650 3642 1.7 -0.3 86 2.1 0.7 211 64 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.8 5.76 9 600 4282 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.4 -3.0 211 64 312.9 313.9 291.4 328.8 5.05 10 550 4967 -7.1 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.2 215 65 315.7 316.4 291.3 328.4 3.97 11 500 5703 -12.1 -13.2 91 1.1 -12.5 221 69 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.4 2.76 12 450 6500 -17.7 -18.5 94 0.8 -17.9 225 73 321.0 321.4 291.0 327.7 1.98 13 400 7371 -22.8 -22.9 99 0.1 -22.8 235 77 325.4 325.7 291.9 330.7 1.52 14 350 8337 -29.1 -29.1 100 0.0 -29.1 244 79 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.1 0.98 15 300 9421 -36.9 -37.3 95 0.5 -36.9 247 80 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.3 0.51 16 250 10659 -45.9 -46.4 95 0.5 -46.0 248 75 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.7 0.24 17 200 12107 -56.6 -57.1 94 0.5 -56.6 245 61 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.09 18 150 13902 -60.3 -75.8 11 15.4 -60.5 253 60 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16413 -62.6 -84.0 4 21.4 -62.8 253 38 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.47 m Freezing level: 630.78 mb = 3887.88 m = 12755.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.86 mb = 3755.04 m = 12319.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.68 mb = 898.06 m = 2946.36 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.74 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1525.42 m = 5004.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 728.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.60 mb = 1178.09 m = 3865.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.60 mb = 3054.23 m = 10020.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.60 mb = 10171.48 m = 33370.58 ft B at Equ Level: 725.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.60 mb = 13554.17 m = 44468.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.1 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 241.1 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 689.5 neg: -38.4 tot: 651.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 154.57 m/s