MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 36.68,-95.4 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 983 237 26.9 16.4 53 10.5 19.8 179 19 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.8 11.99 2 950 541 26.0 15.5 52 10.5 18.9 183 37 303.6 305.7 293.9 338.4 11.70 3 900 1015 22.5 13.8 58 8.7 16.8 192 46 304.7 306.8 293.8 337.9 11.11 4 850 1510 19.0 11.0 60 8.1 13.9 208 48 306.1 307.9 293.2 335.4 9.74 5 800 2028 15.3 8.3 63 7.0 11.0 223 46 307.5 309.1 292.7 333.6 8.61 6 750 2571 11.3 4.4 63 6.9 7.3 238 44 308.8 310.1 291.8 330.3 7.00 7 700 3146 10.4 -16.0 14 26.4 0.1 256 36 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.3 1.57 8 650 3759 7.2 -24.2 9 31.4 -3.0 259 31 317.2 317.3 288.8 320.0 0.83 9 600 4411 3.1 -29.2 7 32.3 -6.1 257 30 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.7 0.57 10 550 5109 -1.9 -35.9 5 34.0 -9.8 256 32 321.9 321.9 289.7 323.1 0.33 11 500 5858 -7.3 -38.2 6 30.9 -13.6 255 35 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.28 12 450 6669 -13.4 -40.9 8 27.5 -18.1 250 36 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.24 13 400 7552 -20.4 -45.1 9 24.7 -23.7 246 44 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 14 350 8523 -29.4 -45.4 20 15.9 -31.1 244 42 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.19 15 300 9602 -38.4 -50.9 26 12.6 -39.2 253 37 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10828 -48.5 -52.6 62 4.1 -48.7 250 38 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12268 -56.3 -67.6 23 11.3 -56.5 262 42 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 14059 -64.2 -76.0 19 11.8 -64.3 260 36 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16497 -69.9 -82.9 13 13.1 -69.9 270 23 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.76 m Freezing level: 568.92 mb = 4844.63 m = 15894.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.84 mb = 3172.01 m = 10406.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.82 mb = 1572.10 m = 5157.74 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.09 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.81 mb = 2528.71 m = 8296.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.08 C = 93.35 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 10.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 379.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 385.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.43 mb = 1938.29 m = 6359.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 473.43 mb = 6278.08 m = 20597.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.43 mb = 11552.80 m = 37902.43 ft B at Equ Level: 421.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.43 mb = 13524.85 m = 44372.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 575.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 575.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 123.85 m/s