MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.40,-96.83 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -96.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 959 391 24.7 14.9 54 9.8 18.2 195 7 301.4 303.5 292.9 334.3 11.16 2 950 476 27.2 14.2 45 13.0 18.5 203 14 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.1 10.79 3 900 953 24.1 12.3 48 11.8 16.4 211 25 306.4 308.3 293.5 336.7 10.06 4 850 1449 19.6 11.3 59 8.3 14.2 212 29 306.6 308.5 293.4 336.6 9.91 5 800 1968 14.9 9.9 72 5.0 11.7 218 29 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.0 9.60 6 750 2510 10.2 7.6 84 2.6 8.6 229 30 307.6 309.3 292.9 334.2 8.75 7 700 3082 7.2 -0.3 59 7.6 3.2 237 36 310.5 311.5 290.9 327.1 5.33 8 650 3687 2.9 -2.9 66 5.8 0.0 240 41 312.3 313.2 290.9 327.3 4.77 9 600 4330 -1.4 -18.4 26 17.0 -7.2 246 41 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.5 1.49 10 550 5018 -5.1 -28.7 14 23.6 -11.2 246 42 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.3 0.65 11 500 5759 -10.0 -34.2 12 24.2 -15.1 245 45 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.4 0.42 12 450 6562 -15.4 -39.5 11 24.1 -19.4 247 45 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.28 13 400 7440 -21.7 -44.4 11 22.7 -24.6 247 45 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.18 14 350 8410 -28.7 -51.3 10 22.6 -30.6 243 45 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 15 300 9494 -37.4 -52.6 19 15.3 -38.3 247 46 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10724 -47.5 -54.9 42 7.5 -47.7 244 57 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 17 200 12172 -53.7 -66.9 18 13.2 -53.9 245 61 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 13991 -60.6 -78.9 7 18.3 -60.8 243 63 365.6 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16459 -68.4 -83.5 10 15.1 -68.5 247 35 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.51 m Freezing level: 616.29 mb = 4120.26 m = 13517.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.66 mb = 3691.42 m = 12110.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.76 mb = 1645.18 m = 5397.52 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.00 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.95 mb = 2577.43 m = 8456.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 432.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.32 mb = 2318.39 m = 7606.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.32 mb = 3411.30 m = 11191.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.32 mb = 10926.81 m = 35848.69 ft B at Equ Level: 422.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.32 mb = 12757.05 m = 41853.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 6.50 Bulk Shear: 66.60 m/s