MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 37.89,-96.26 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 965 386 28.3 15.2 45 13.1 19.5 190 20 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.3 11.32 2 950 522 27.1 13.8 44 13.3 18.3 192 30 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.1 10.50 3 900 996 22.6 12.3 52 10.3 16.0 197 39 304.8 306.7 293.0 335.0 10.07 4 850 1490 18.2 10.7 62 7.5 13.5 204 45 305.2 307.0 292.8 333.9 9.56 5 800 2008 16.4 3.3 41 13.2 9.0 222 52 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.3 6.06 6 750 2554 13.5 -5.9 25 19.4 4.2 231 47 311.3 311.9 289.3 321.7 3.28 7 700 3130 10.1 -14.0 17 24.1 0.3 238 42 313.6 314.0 288.6 319.8 1.85 8 650 3741 6.5 -23.8 9 30.3 -3.3 243 39 316.4 316.5 288.5 319.3 0.86 9 600 4392 2.8 -29.0 8 31.7 -6.2 249 38 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.58 10 550 5089 -2.0 -30.8 9 28.9 -9.5 255 39 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.53 11 500 5838 -7.8 -33.9 10 26.1 -13.6 255 41 323.6 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.44 12 450 6647 -13.6 -38.7 10 25.1 -18.2 251 41 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.30 13 400 7531 -20.4 -46.3 8 26.0 -23.7 242 47 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.15 14 350 8502 -29.2 -45.6 19 16.3 -30.9 237 48 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.19 15 300 9580 -38.7 -50.5 28 11.8 -39.5 244 45 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.12 16 250 10806 -48.4 -55.2 45 6.9 -48.6 245 45 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.09 17 200 12245 -56.2 -67.1 24 10.9 -56.4 251 47 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 14038 -64.1 -76.6 17 12.5 -64.2 254 39 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16477 -69.7 -83.0 13 13.3 -69.8 254 27 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.50 m Freezing level: 570.89 mb = 4798.22 m = 15742.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.70 mb = 3181.07 m = 10436.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.37 mb = 2035.75 m = 6678.88 ft T: 16.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.63 mb = 3446.77 m = 11308.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.70 C = 101.67 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.85 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 12.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 381.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 486.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.36 mb = 2261.63 m = 7419.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 421.36 mb = 7140.61 m = 23426.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.36 mb = 11032.45 m = 36195.28 ft B at Equ Level: 165.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.36 mb = 12201.73 m = 40031.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 450.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 450.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 95.98 m/s