MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.61,-95.16 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 981 243 18.4 16.2 87 2.3 17.0 184 19 293.2 295.3 290.9 327.0 11.87 2 950 522 17.3 15.2 88 2.1 16.0 186 37 294.7 296.8 291.0 327.7 11.51 3 900 984 16.7 13.1 79 3.6 14.4 211 52 298.8 300.7 291.6 329.7 10.62 4 850 1472 17.1 8.8 58 8.3 12.0 232 55 304.1 305.6 291.5 329.2 8.38 5 800 1988 14.7 6.4 57 8.4 9.7 243 52 306.8 308.3 291.6 329.7 7.54 6 750 2531 12.2 0.9 46 11.3 6.1 242 41 309.8 310.8 290.7 326.6 5.43 7 700 3105 8.2 -5.5 37 13.7 1.7 242 37 311.6 312.3 289.7 323.0 3.61 8 650 3711 2.9 -7.0 48 9.8 -1.6 247 38 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.3 3.48 9 600 4353 -2.3 -10.3 54 8.0 -5.5 244 39 313.5 314.1 289.6 322.9 2.91 10 550 5037 -7.2 -17.1 45 9.9 -10.5 238 40 315.5 315.9 289.2 321.5 1.82 11 500 5773 -11.8 -23.0 39 11.2 -14.9 236 42 318.6 318.9 289.6 322.7 1.20 12 450 6569 -18.7 -20.7 84 2.0 -19.3 238 43 319.7 320.1 290.3 325.3 1.63 13 400 7439 -23.7 -24.3 95 0.6 -23.9 239 44 324.2 324.4 291.4 328.8 1.33 14 350 8399 -31.3 -31.5 98 0.3 -31.3 238 47 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.4 0.78 15 300 9471 -40.3 -40.4 99 0.1 -40.3 228 49 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.38 16 250 10685 -50.8 -51.2 96 0.4 -50.8 223 52 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.14 17 200 12105 -59.2 -63.7 56 4.5 -59.3 248 59 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.04 18 150 13887 -62.9 -77.6 12 14.7 -63.1 258 49 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16380 -64.1 -83.8 5 19.7 -64.2 249 35 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.25 m Freezing level: 622.02 mb = 4070.22 m = 13353.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.47 mb = 3409.02 m = 11184.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.24 mb = 528.82 m = 1734.94 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2755.36 m = 9039.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.43 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 23.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 479.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.46 mb = 1074.63 m = 3525.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 495.46 mb = 5841.92 m = 19166.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 405.46 mb = 7338.62 m = 24076.54 ft B at Equ Level: 57.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.46 mb = 9572.12 m = 31404.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 645.4 neg: -44.8 tot: 600.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 200.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 120.43 m/s