MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 38.97,-96.74 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 968 390 19.4 15.8 80 3.6 17.0 146 12 295.3 297.4 291.5 329.0 11.76 2 950 549 18.9 15.2 79 3.8 16.5 151 21 296.4 298.5 291.6 329.5 11.47 3 900 1012 15.8 13.5 87 2.2 14.3 171 28 297.7 299.7 291.5 329.3 10.88 4 850 1496 13.0 11.0 88 2.0 11.8 197 29 299.8 301.5 291.3 328.4 9.75 5 800 2003 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 8.9 204 30 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.3 8.84 6 750 2537 6.8 5.3 90 1.5 5.9 203 27 304.0 305.4 290.7 326.4 7.46 7 700 3102 4.5 -8.3 39 12.8 -1.0 194 25 307.5 308.0 287.6 316.7 2.92 8 650 3700 -0.5 -10.9 45 10.4 -4.6 200 27 308.4 308.9 287.6 316.6 2.56 9 600 4334 -5.1 -14.1 49 9.0 -8.4 206 31 310.2 310.6 287.8 317.1 2.13 10 550 5012 -9.2 -18.0 49 8.8 -12.0 211 35 313.1 313.4 288.3 318.7 1.68 11 500 5743 -13.8 -21.2 53 7.5 -15.9 212 36 316.3 316.5 289.0 321.0 1.41 12 450 6535 -19.2 -23.1 71 3.9 -20.2 217 35 319.1 319.3 289.9 323.6 1.32 13 400 7400 -25.8 -29.9 68 4.1 -26.5 228 38 321.5 321.7 290.1 324.4 0.80 14 350 8351 -33.9 -37.4 71 3.4 -34.3 243 46 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.6 0.44 15 300 9410 -42.7 -44.8 79 2.2 -42.8 246 47 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 16 250 10620 -49.9 -56.3 47 6.4 -50.1 241 42 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 17 200 12067 -53.0 -71.8 8 18.9 -53.3 257 33 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13905 -57.0 -79.3 4 22.2 -57.3 271 22 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16420 -64.9 -83.6 6 18.8 -65.0 297 19 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.45 m Freezing level: 654.68 mb = 3644.05 m = 11955.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.24 mb = 3017.99 m = 9901.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.21 mb = 840.69 m = 2758.15 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1525.06 m = 5003.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.90 C = 75.02 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 24.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.92 mb = 1212.88 m = 3979.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.92 mb = 1962.63 m = 6439.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.92 mb = 2714.92 m = 8907.11 ft B at Equ Level: 15.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.92 mb = 12263.92 m = 40235.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.2 neg: -22.7 tot: 176.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 9.31 Bulk Shear: 58.71 m/s