MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.68,-94.29 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 965 363 23.1 18.2 74 4.9 19.7 199 15 299.3 301.9 294.2 339.5 13.76 2 950 495 21.4 17.5 79 3.9 18.8 200 24 298.9 301.3 293.8 337.9 13.38 3 900 962 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 213 34 300.2 302.5 293.6 337.0 12.54 4 850 1453 18.4 11.6 64 6.9 14.0 230 36 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.9 10.14 5 800 1971 15.6 9.2 66 6.4 11.6 230 30 307.7 309.5 293.2 335.6 9.16 6 750 2516 11.6 5.9 68 5.8 8.2 232 28 309.2 310.7 292.5 333.0 7.77 7 700 3089 6.9 3.0 76 4.0 4.7 235 29 310.1 311.4 292.0 331.0 6.78 8 650 3693 1.8 0.2 89 1.6 1.0 242 31 311.0 312.2 291.6 329.7 6.00 9 600 4334 -2.8 -3.4 95 0.7 -3.1 241 31 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.5 4.95 10 550 5018 -7.1 -8.1 93 0.9 -7.5 234 35 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.8 3.79 11 500 5756 -11.3 -12.0 94 0.7 -11.6 225 40 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.05 12 450 6556 -17.0 -17.4 97 0.3 -17.1 225 47 321.8 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.18 13 400 7429 -22.8 -29.8 53 7.0 -24.2 230 56 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.81 14 350 8395 -29.5 -38.7 40 9.2 -30.7 233 62 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.38 15 300 9478 -37.3 -46.6 37 9.3 -38.1 237 74 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 16 250 10709 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 239 81 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12158 -52.2 -69.3 11 17.1 -52.5 244 91 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13987 -60.4 -79.3 7 18.9 -60.5 252 74 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.5 -83.8 9 15.3 -68.5 256 40 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.17 m Freezing level: 630.23 mb = 3946.50 m = 12947.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.16 mb = 3840.28 m = 12599.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.37 mb = 986.75 m = 3237.34 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.09 mb = 2281.97 m = 7486.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 811.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.85 mb = 1294.50 m = 4246.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.85 mb = 3196.26 m = 10486.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.85 mb = 10951.58 m = 35929.94 ft B at Equ Level: 803.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.85 mb = 13159.70 m = 43174.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.7 neg: -21.1 tot: 167.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 28.99 Bulk Shear: 27.98 m/s