MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.89,-101.70 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 495 2 900 959 SFC 893 1022 19.6 0.7 28 18.9 9.6 153 9 302.4 303.2 287.4 316.0 4.50 4 850 1455 21.7 -2.6 20 24.3 9.2 190 22 308.9 309.6 288.9 320.6 3.72 5 800 1976 18.4 -4.7 20 23.1 6.9 219 22 310.7 311.4 289.2 321.4 3.37 6 750 2525 15.6 -10.7 15 26.3 3.9 253 20 313.5 313.9 289.0 320.9 2.25 7 700 3105 11.5 -14.3 15 25.8 1.0 268 24 315.2 315.6 289.1 321.2 1.81 8 650 3717 6.6 -17.1 16 23.7 -2.3 274 28 316.5 316.8 289.2 321.6 1.54 9 600 4368 2.4 -21.8 15 24.1 -5.7 276 30 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.11 10 550 5064 -2.6 -27.6 13 25.0 -9.5 282 34 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.5 0.72 11 500 5811 -8.4 -34.0 11 25.6 -14.0 282 38 322.8 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.43 12 450 6618 -14.9 -39.5 10 24.6 -19.1 279 43 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.28 13 400 7496 -22.2 -43.2 13 21.0 -24.9 279 46 326.1 326.2 290.9 326.9 0.21 14 350 8460 -30.6 -45.0 23 14.4 -32.0 277 45 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.20 15 300 9535 -39.0 -51.3 26 12.3 -39.8 275 48 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.11 16 250 10762 -47.1 -58.7 25 11.6 -47.5 285 63 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12214 -54.7 -68.4 17 13.7 -54.9 290 56 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14012 -63.7 -76.2 17 12.5 -63.8 276 45 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16466 -66.9 -83.9 7 17.0 -67.0 272 31 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.36 m Freezing level: 576.32 mb = 4697.82 m = 15412.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.41 mb = 3278.75 m = 10756.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.75 mb = 3433.03 m = 11263.09 ft T: 8.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.56 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.43 mb = 5958.94 m = 19550.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.70 C = 103.47 F Cap Strength: 9.31 C Lifted Index: 8.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.42 C Showalter Index: 7.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.14 C Cross Totals Index: 5.88 C K Index: 1.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 233.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7920.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 598.75 mb = 4384.96 m = 14386.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 281.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 150.61 m/s