MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.51,-97.20 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -97.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 960 395 22.3 15.1 64 7.3 17.5 207 11 299.0 301.1 292.3 332.0 11.30 2 950 481 21.6 13.4 60 8.2 16.3 210 15 299.1 300.9 291.4 329.0 10.23 3 900 947 17.9 9.4 58 8.5 12.7 220 16 299.9 301.4 290.0 324.2 8.24 4 850 1433 13.6 6.9 64 6.8 9.7 224 14 300.4 301.8 289.4 322.2 7.34 5 800 1940 9.8 4.5 70 5.2 6.9 231 12 301.6 302.8 289.2 321.4 6.63 6 750 2473 5.7 2.4 79 3.4 3.9 244 11 302.8 303.9 289.0 321.0 6.06 7 700 3034 1.4 0.2 92 1.2 0.8 257 12 304.0 305.0 289.0 320.8 5.54 8 650 3627 -2.1 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 273 12 306.6 307.5 289.2 321.5 4.84 9 600 4260 -5.4 -6.0 95 0.6 -5.7 267 15 309.9 310.7 289.6 322.7 4.07 10 550 4939 -8.5 -9.9 89 1.4 -9.1 244 27 314.0 314.6 290.1 324.5 3.27 11 500 5673 -12.4 -13.1 94 0.8 -12.7 222 40 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.1 2.78 12 450 6471 -17.0 -17.2 99 0.2 -17.1 212 43 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.3 2.21 13 400 7345 -22.8 -23.2 97 0.4 -22.9 201 59 325.4 325.7 291.9 330.5 1.48 14 350 8311 -29.4 -32.0 78 2.6 -29.8 196 77 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.75 15 300 9391 -38.3 -39.0 93 0.7 -38.4 192 70 331.4 331.5 292.5 333.0 0.43 16 250 10616 -47.3 -52.0 59 4.6 -47.6 207 58 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12090 -49.3 -73.2 4 23.9 -49.8 253 44 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 13929 -59.5 -78.8 6 19.3 -59.7 264 50 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16427 -64.3 -84.0 5 19.7 -64.5 253 38 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.36 m Freezing level: 680.24 mb = 3268.25 m = 10722.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.65 mb = 3176.22 m = 10420.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.31 mb = 1310.37 m = 4299.06 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2140.15 m = 7021.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 31.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.17 mb = 1865.52 m = 6120.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.17 mb = 2558.28 m = 8393.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 542.17 mb = 5049.45 m = 16566.25 ft B at Equ Level: 88.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 432.17 mb = 6770.83 m = 22213.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -14.7 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.88 Bulk Shear: 8.21 m/s