MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.87,-94.59 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -94.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -17 SFC 963 312 22.1 17.5 75 4.6 18.9 194 25 298.5 300.9 293.5 336.7 13.15 2 950 425 21.4 16.7 75 4.7 18.2 196 38 298.9 301.2 293.3 335.7 12.65 3 900 891 17.3 15.1 87 2.2 15.8 201 49 299.3 301.5 292.9 334.6 12.06 4 850 1378 13.9 12.5 91 1.4 13.0 210 54 300.7 302.7 292.4 332.5 10.81 5 800 1887 10.9 10.4 97 0.4 10.6 216 56 302.7 304.6 292.3 332.3 9.97 6 750 2423 8.0 2.5 68 5.4 5.0 222 53 305.2 306.4 289.9 323.8 6.13 7 700 2991 5.6 -4.8 47 10.4 0.7 219 57 308.7 309.4 288.9 320.6 3.82 8 650 3592 1.7 -8.7 46 10.4 -2.8 218 66 310.9 311.5 288.9 320.6 3.05 9 600 4232 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -6.1 221 71 312.7 313.3 289.3 321.7 2.77 10 550 4915 -7.6 -13.4 63 5.8 -9.7 222 76 315.1 315.5 289.7 323.2 2.48 11 500 5650 -12.8 -18.0 65 5.2 -14.4 225 79 317.4 317.8 289.9 323.6 1.86 12 450 6446 -17.2 -28.3 38 11.1 -19.7 230 89 321.6 321.7 290.1 324.5 0.82 13 400 7318 -23.7 -35.5 33 11.8 -25.6 237 97 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.46 14 350 8277 -31.6 -39.7 45 8.1 -32.5 239 100 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.35 15 300 9349 -39.3 -49.4 34 10.1 -39.9 245 103 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.14 16 250 10574 -47.6 -55.8 39 8.2 -48.0 248 95 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 12030 -51.3 -70.7 8 19.4 -51.7 255 80 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13874 -56.5 -79.5 4 23.0 -56.8 261 49 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16428 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.7 -62.4 304 16 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.98 m Freezing level: 631.66 mb = 3827.01 m = 12555.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.31 mb = 3103.82 m = 10183.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.40 mb = 897.12 m = 2943.27 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1305.64 m = 4283.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.41 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 28.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 753.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.07 mb = 1159.57 m = 3804.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.07 mb = 1607.45 m = 5273.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.07 mb = 10386.99 m = 34077.65 ft B at Equ Level: 749.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.07 mb = 12810.02 m = 42027.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 63.8 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 47.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 417.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 417.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 6.26 Bulk Shear: 120.34 m/s