MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.97,-98.23 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 464 SFC 949 470 23.0 17.3 70 5.7 19.1 155 19 300.5 303.0 294.1 339.2 13.18 3 900 935 21.0 16.0 73 5.0 17.6 169 40 303.1 305.5 294.6 341.1 12.78 4 850 1429 19.5 12.1 62 7.4 14.7 192 47 306.6 308.5 293.9 338.2 10.50 5 800 1950 17.7 1.9 35 15.8 8.9 216 39 310.0 311.0 290.9 327.0 5.47 6 750 2497 13.6 -9.5 19 23.1 3.3 225 41 311.4 311.8 288.5 319.3 2.47 7 700 3072 8.4 -10.8 24 19.3 0.3 231 44 311.8 312.3 288.6 319.5 2.39 8 650 3678 4.4 -14.5 24 18.9 -2.9 237 40 313.9 314.3 288.8 320.2 1.91 9 600 4325 0.6 -21.1 18 21.7 -6.5 242 37 316.8 317.0 289.0 320.8 1.18 10 550 5016 -4.4 -25.2 18 20.8 -10.4 242 35 318.8 319.0 289.3 322.0 0.90 11 500 5759 -9.7 -28.4 20 18.7 -14.3 237 35 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.8 0.74 12 450 6562 -15.8 -32.3 23 16.4 -19.2 236 38 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.57 13 400 7438 -23.0 -34.6 34 11.6 -24.9 231 42 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.51 14 350 8399 -31.1 -32.4 88 1.3 -31.3 228 42 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.72 15 300 9473 -39.5 -39.5 100 0.0 -39.5 236 44 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.41 16 250 10691 -50.3 -50.3 100 0.0 -50.3 243 51 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.15 17 200 12107 -62.3 -62.6 96 0.3 -62.3 240 55 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 18 150 13868 -64.1 -74.9 21 10.8 -64.2 255 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16384 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.7 254 31 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.18 m Freezing level: 594.43 mb = 4402.14 m = 14442.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.98 mb = 3118.66 m = 10231.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.49 mb = 1193.59 m = 3915.94 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.72 mb = 2645.67 m = 8679.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.75 C = 92.75 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 22.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1431.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.00 mb = 1685.59 m = 5530.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.00 mb = 3553.40 m = 11658.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.00 mb = 12751.64 m = 41835.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1397.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.00 mb = 15252.72 m = 50041.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 566.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 566.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.74 Bulk Rich Number: 9.14 Bulk Shear: 156.67 m/s