MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-94.61 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 969 313 28.8 16.5 47 12.3 20.4 217 17 304.7 307.0 294.7 341.4 12.28 2 950 486 25.7 15.5 53 10.2 18.8 217 27 303.3 305.4 293.9 338.1 11.75 3 900 958 21.0 14.3 66 6.6 16.5 218 30 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.1 11.47 4 850 1449 16.4 12.9 80 3.5 14.1 219 30 303.4 305.4 293.4 336.4 11.10 5 800 1963 14.0 6.4 60 7.6 9.5 229 32 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.9 7.55 6 750 2506 12.2 -3.2 34 15.4 4.5 241 34 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.5 4.04 7 700 3079 7.4 -0.9 56 8.3 3.1 243 36 310.6 311.6 290.7 326.5 5.10 8 650 3684 2.0 -1.7 77 3.7 0.1 243 37 311.2 312.2 291.0 327.5 5.21 9 600 4324 -3.4 -7.8 71 4.4 -5.3 245 39 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.5 3.54 10 550 5006 -7.9 -13.6 64 5.6 -10.0 244 46 314.7 315.2 289.6 322.7 2.44 11 500 5742 -11.8 -18.6 57 6.9 -13.9 238 48 318.7 319.0 290.2 324.6 1.76 12 450 6539 -17.7 -26.5 46 8.7 -19.8 238 52 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.4 0.98 13 400 7410 -23.3 -27.2 71 3.8 -24.2 233 61 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.3 1.03 14 350 8373 -30.2 -34.9 63 4.8 -30.9 229 72 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.56 15 300 9453 -38.2 -42.0 67 3.8 -38.5 233 83 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.32 16 250 10680 -48.3 -49.1 91 0.8 -48.3 235 94 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.17 17 200 12134 -51.3 -71.6 7 20.3 -51.7 243 89 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13969 -59.7 -78.5 7 18.8 -59.9 250 67 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16445 -68.4 -83.7 9 15.2 -68.5 252 45 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.06 m Freezing level: 631.52 mb = 3920.44 m = 12862.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.74 mb = 3699.45 m = 12137.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.85 mb = 1859.23 m = 6099.77 ft T: 14.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.77 mb = 2586.73 m = 8486.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.05 C = 93.29 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 32.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1039.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.56 mb = 1799.77 m = 5904.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.56 mb = 3190.13 m = 10466.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.56 mb = 10930.78 m = 35861.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.56 mb = 13535.11 m = 44405.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 31.05 Bulk Shear: 33.47 m/s