MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.97,-95.08 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 972 287 24.4 15.8 59 8.6 18.7 213 6 300.0 302.1 292.9 334.2 11.69 2 950 483 25.6 14.7 51 10.9 18.4 222 16 303.2 305.3 293.4 336.3 11.14 3 900 956 21.7 13.8 61 7.9 16.4 225 24 303.8 305.9 293.5 336.8 11.06 4 850 1449 17.0 12.8 76 4.2 14.3 223 28 303.9 306.0 293.5 336.7 10.99 5 800 1963 12.4 11.3 93 1.2 11.7 222 31 304.4 306.4 293.3 335.9 10.56 6 750 2502 8.7 8.6 99 0.1 8.7 222 34 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.4 9.42 7 700 3072 5.7 2.6 81 3.0 4.0 230 36 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.1 6.62 8 650 3675 2.5 -12.0 33 14.5 -3.3 237 38 311.8 312.2 288.5 319.3 2.33 9 600 4316 -1.6 -20.6 22 19.0 -7.7 242 41 314.3 314.5 288.2 318.5 1.24 10 550 5003 -5.7 -25.9 19 20.2 -11.2 244 47 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.3 0.84 11 500 5744 -9.9 -29.8 18 19.9 -14.6 247 50 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.3 0.65 12 450 6548 -15.1 -40.1 10 25.1 -19.3 247 43 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.26 13 400 7426 -21.9 -41.8 15 20.0 -24.6 242 43 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.24 14 350 8395 -28.8 -48.5 13 19.7 -30.7 240 45 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 15 300 9478 -37.3 -51.9 21 14.6 -38.3 249 47 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 16 250 10709 -47.4 -56.1 36 8.7 -47.7 242 55 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12158 -54.0 -67.6 17 13.6 -54.2 240 59 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13972 -60.3 -80.0 6 19.6 -60.5 249 62 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.6 -82.9 11 14.3 -68.7 255 37 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.77 m Freezing level: 619.43 mb = 4067.12 m = 13343.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.67 mb = 3395.82 m = 11141.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.68 mb = 1381.43 m = 4532.20 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 18.31 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.55 mb = 2030.56 m = 6661.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 36.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.41 mb = 1863.88 m = 6115.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.41 mb = 2343.11 m = 7687.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.41 mb = 10856.26 m = 35617.23 ft B at Equ Level: 427.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.41 mb = 12669.85 m = 41567.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 7.01 Bulk Shear: 62.18 m/s