MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-94.12 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 959 428 23.2 18.0 72 5.2 19.6 195 14 300.0 302.4 294.3 339.8 13.63 2 950 506 21.8 17.3 76 4.5 18.8 198 20 299.4 301.8 293.8 337.9 13.21 3 900 973 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 211 33 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.0 12.56 4 850 1465 18.4 11.9 66 6.5 14.2 232 37 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.4 10.34 5 800 1983 15.9 8.7 62 7.2 11.4 238 30 308.1 309.8 293.1 335.1 8.88 6 750 2528 12.2 4.2 58 8.0 7.6 245 29 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.2 6.93 7 700 3102 7.7 0.6 61 7.1 3.9 247 31 311.0 312.1 291.4 328.8 5.72 8 650 3708 2.9 -1.8 71 4.7 0.5 242 32 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.4 5.15 9 600 4351 -2.0 -5.0 80 3.0 -3.4 233 35 313.8 314.6 291.1 327.8 4.40 10 550 5037 -6.8 -9.6 80 2.8 -7.9 230 40 316.0 316.7 290.8 326.9 3.36 11 500 5774 -11.8 -16.6 68 4.7 -13.4 234 44 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.6 2.09 12 450 6573 -16.5 -24.8 49 8.3 -18.6 240 48 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.4 1.13 13 400 7449 -21.9 -32.2 39 10.3 -23.8 240 53 326.5 326.7 291.4 328.9 0.64 14 350 8419 -28.5 -41.0 29 12.6 -30.0 243 63 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.30 15 300 9505 -36.7 -43.9 47 7.2 -37.4 245 72 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.6 0.26 16 250 10738 -47.7 -48.0 96 0.4 -47.7 247 75 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.20 17 200 12185 -52.7 -68.3 13 15.6 -53.0 249 89 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14009 -61.0 -79.1 7 18.1 -61.2 258 75 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16470 -68.9 -83.7 10 14.8 -69.0 258 37 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.31 m Freezing level: 620.55 mb = 4086.84 m = 13408.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3785.47 m = 12419.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.67 mb = 1091.77 m = 3581.89 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.26 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.01 mb = 2438.63 m = 8000.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.19 mb = 1392.43 m = 4568.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.19 mb = 3433.79 m = 11265.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.19 mb = 10943.51 m = 35903.48 ft B at Equ Level: 648.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.19 mb = 13134.26 m = 43090.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.2 neg: -10.5 tot: 208.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 14.41 Bulk Shear: 45.33 m/s