MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.67,-95.80 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 977 238 23.5 19.1 76 4.5 20.4 196 15 298.6 301.3 294.4 340.4 14.34 2 950 485 20.8 17.9 83 2.9 18.8 200 23 298.3 300.7 293.8 338.0 13.67 3 900 950 17.3 16.2 93 1.1 16.6 213 30 299.3 301.7 293.6 337.2 12.99 4 850 1438 15.8 12.6 81 3.2 13.7 230 32 302.7 304.7 293.0 334.9 10.85 5 800 1953 15.2 5.3 51 9.9 9.5 234 26 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.7 6.99 6 750 2497 11.7 0.1 45 11.6 5.5 235 24 309.3 310.3 290.3 325.2 5.13 7 700 3069 6.7 0.5 65 6.2 3.4 236 26 309.9 310.9 291.0 327.4 5.67 8 650 3672 1.2 -0.3 90 1.5 0.4 241 28 310.4 311.4 291.2 328.3 5.78 9 600 4312 -3.4 -4.5 91 1.2 -3.9 237 27 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.6 4.55 10 550 4994 -8.2 -8.9 94 0.7 -8.5 221 31 314.4 315.1 290.5 325.8 3.55 11 500 5729 -12.1 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.5 216 41 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.5 2.81 12 450 6529 -16.6 -17.4 94 0.8 -16.9 214 54 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.6 2.16 13 400 7404 -22.9 -24.0 91 1.1 -23.2 215 62 325.2 325.5 291.7 330.0 1.37 14 350 8368 -30.3 -32.2 84 1.9 -30.6 222 71 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.74 15 300 9444 -38.8 -40.2 87 1.4 -38.9 225 82 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.38 16 250 10670 -48.3 -49.1 91 0.8 -48.3 229 100 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.17 17 200 12127 -50.8 -71.9 6 21.1 -51.2 240 90 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13966 -58.8 -78.5 6 19.8 -59.0 245 68 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16454 -68.5 -83.7 9 15.2 -68.5 255 40 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.37 m Freezing level: 636.59 mb = 3843.69 m = 12610.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.04 mb = 3733.43 m = 12248.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.30 mb = 805.12 m = 2641.44 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.43 mb = 2054.71 m = 6741.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.65 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.73 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1074.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.28 mb = 995.20 m = 3265.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.28 mb = 3065.79 m = 10058.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.28 mb = 10929.12 m = 35856.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1071.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.28 mb = 13542.31 m = 44429.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: -12.9 tot: 127.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 46.12 Bulk Shear: 23.29 m/s