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: 36.14,-94.53 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 967 352 22.9 18.4 76 4.5 19.8 190 16 298.9 301.5 294.2 339.5 13.93 2 950 504 21.0 17.4 80 3.6 18.5 193 25 298.5 300.9 293.6 337.0 13.24 3 900 970 17.8 15.7 88 2.1 16.4 210 33 299.8 302.1 293.4 336.6 12.57 4 850 1461 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.3 231 38 305.2 307.1 293.5 336.7 10.53 5 800 1980 16.3 7.5 56 8.8 10.9 237 31 308.5 310.1 292.6 333.4 8.15 6 750 2525 12.3 2.8 52 9.6 7.0 241 31 310.0 311.2 291.5 329.3 6.25 7 700 3099 7.8 -0.2 57 8.0 3.5 245 34 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.9 5.39 8 650 3705 2.8 -2.6 68 5.4 0.1 245 37 312.1 313.0 291.0 327.3 4.85 9 600 4347 -2.1 -6.1 74 4.0 -3.9 234 38 313.7 314.5 290.7 326.6 4.06 10 550 5033 -6.6 -11.6 68 5.0 -8.6 231 42 316.2 316.8 290.5 325.6 2.86 11 500 5770 -11.8 -18.0 60 6.2 -13.8 234 45 318.7 319.0 290.2 324.9 1.85 12 450 6569 -16.6 -30.7 29 14.0 -19.6 239 50 322.3 322.5 290.2 324.7 0.66 13 400 7445 -21.9 -37.7 23 15.7 -24.4 240 55 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.37 14 350 8414 -28.5 -46.8 15 18.4 -30.3 242 65 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.16 15 300 9500 -36.8 -46.0 38 9.2 -37.5 244 74 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.21 16 250 10733 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 246 77 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12180 -52.6 -68.7 13 16.1 -52.9 248 89 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14005 -61.1 -79.1 8 17.9 -61.3 256 76 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16467 -68.8 -83.7 10 15.0 -68.9 259 38 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.50 m Freezing level: 621.52 mb = 4070.67 m = 13355.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.02 mb = 3716.99 m = 12194.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.29 mb = 919.36 m = 3016.23 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.03 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.04 mb = 2401.68 m = 7879.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.54 C = 92.36 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 613.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.61 mb = 1225.66 m = 4021.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.61 mb = 3474.09 m = 11397.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.61 mb = 11035.24 m = 36204.41 ft B at Equ Level: 600.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.61 mb = 12897.93 m = 42315.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.8 neg: -12.6 tot: 233.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 9.82 Bulk Shear: 62.46 m/s