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: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 958 405 22.4 14.7 62 7.7 17.4 207 9 299.2 301.2 292.1 331.5 11.04 2 950 480 21.6 13.3 59 8.3 16.3 209 12 299.1 301.0 291.4 328.9 10.18 3 900 946 17.7 10.4 63 7.2 13.2 218 13 299.7 301.3 290.5 325.7 8.85 4 850 1432 14.0 6.7 62 7.3 9.8 222 10 300.8 302.2 289.5 322.4 7.28 5 800 1940 10.3 3.8 64 6.4 6.7 233 9 302.1 303.2 289.0 321.0 6.31 6 750 2473 6.2 1.9 74 4.3 3.9 246 10 303.3 304.4 289.0 321.0 5.85 7 700 3035 1.8 -0.8 83 2.6 0.5 257 11 304.5 305.4 288.8 320.1 5.15 8 650 3629 -2.3 -3.5 91 1.2 -2.9 268 12 306.4 307.3 288.9 320.5 4.56 9 600 4260 -5.9 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.2 270 15 309.2 310.0 289.2 321.4 3.87 10 550 4938 -9.2 -10.8 88 1.7 -9.8 249 24 313.2 313.8 289.7 323.0 3.04 11 500 5670 -12.9 -13.7 94 0.8 -13.2 226 38 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.1 2.66 12 450 6467 -17.0 -17.2 99 0.2 -17.1 211 47 321.8 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.20 13 400 7341 -22.9 -23.2 97 0.4 -22.9 202 63 325.3 325.6 291.8 330.4 1.47 14 350 8306 -29.7 -31.7 83 2.0 -30.0 197 75 328.8 328.9 292.2 331.6 0.77 15 300 9385 -38.6 -39.0 96 0.4 -38.6 193 72 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.44 16 250 10611 -46.9 -52.4 53 5.5 -47.1 208 58 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.12 17 200 12086 -49.3 -72.9 5 23.7 -49.8 251 44 354.7 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13926 -59.5 -78.8 6 19.3 -59.7 264 49 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16422 -64.2 -84.1 5 19.9 -64.3 255 39 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.41 m Freezing level: 677.92 mb = 3297.10 m = 10817.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.69 mb = 3119.04 m = 10232.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.02 mb = 1381.45 m = 4532.26 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 11.33 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.00 mb = 2159.74 m = 7085.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 31.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.54 mb = 1819.74 m = 5970.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.54 mb = 2620.75 m = 8598.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.54 mb = 5570.01 m = 18274.10 ft B at Equ Level: 137.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 376.54 mb = 7777.92 m = 25517.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -11.3 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.24 Bulk Shear: 10.42 m/s