MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 36.57,-96.51 Latitude: 36.57 Longitude: -96.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 978 288 22.1 9.6 45 12.6 14.6 158 10 297.2 298.6 288.6 319.6 7.68 2 950 536 22.9 9.1 41 13.8 14.5 167 26 300.4 301.8 289.7 323.0 7.64 3 900 1004 19.1 8.0 49 11.1 12.5 176 28 301.2 302.6 289.8 323.5 7.52 4 850 1492 15.4 6.0 53 9.4 9.9 185 28 302.3 303.5 289.6 322.9 6.89 5 800 2004 14.6 -4.3 27 18.9 5.4 193 26 306.7 307.4 287.9 317.5 3.47 6 750 2548 13.8 -16.7 11 30.5 2.0 197 24 311.6 311.8 287.5 316.1 1.38 7 700 3126 11.1 -14.7 15 25.8 0.7 201 23 314.7 315.1 288.9 320.5 1.74 8 650 3737 6.1 -11.0 28 17.1 -1.2 202 20 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.1 2.54 9 600 4387 1.5 -7.5 51 9.0 -2.6 205 19 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.6 3.63 10 550 5083 -2.1 -14.5 38 12.4 -6.9 200 23 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.2 2.27 11 500 5833 -8.3 -14.7 60 6.4 -10.6 195 23 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.2 2.45 12 450 6640 -15.0 -16.6 88 1.5 -15.6 188 25 324.3 324.8 292.3 332.2 2.32 13 400 7521 -20.6 -20.7 99 0.1 -20.6 186 24 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.7 1.85 14 350 8498 -26.0 -26.2 99 0.2 -26.1 200 32 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.29 15 300 9595 -34.6 -34.6 100 0.0 -34.6 196 42 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.2 0.68 16 250 10839 -45.4 -45.6 98 0.2 -45.4 198 40 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12303 -52.5 -62.2 30 9.6 -52.8 201 54 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14110 -64.6 -78.5 13 14.0 -64.7 214 41 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16533 -72.1 -82.3 20 10.2 -72.2 231 24 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.23 m Freezing level: 579.28 mb = 4675.65 m = 15339.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.56 mb = 3333.95 m = 10938.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.47 mb = 1883.86 m = 6180.58 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 7.37 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.33 mb = 4235.48 m = 13895.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.15 C = 107.86 F Cap Strength: 9.51 C Lifted Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.51 C Showalter Index: 6.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 14.24 C K Index: 3.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 150.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8317.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.41 mb = 2300.04 m = 7545.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.0 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 223.0 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 119.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 13.25 m/s