MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 39 SFC 958 405 19.7 13.3 66 6.4 15.6 312 5 296.5 298.3 290.4 325.5 10.05 2 950 479 19.7 11.9 61 7.8 14.8 310 8 297.2 298.8 290.0 324.1 9.27 3 900 942 15.8 9.7 67 6.1 12.1 311 10 297.8 299.3 289.5 322.3 8.41 4 850 1424 12.0 7.2 72 4.8 9.2 316 11 298.7 300.1 289.0 320.8 7.52 5 800 1929 8.4 4.3 75 4.1 6.1 322 14 300.1 301.3 288.5 319.4 6.50 6 750 2459 4.2 1.4 82 2.9 2.8 326 17 301.2 302.2 288.1 318.1 5.64 7 700 3017 0.3 -1.5 87 1.8 -0.6 326 21 302.8 303.7 287.9 317.6 4.88 8 650 3608 -3.1 -4.6 89 1.5 -3.8 322 24 305.4 306.2 288.2 318.3 4.17 9 600 4237 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.2 312 24 308.3 309.0 288.6 319.4 3.54 10 550 4911 -10.1 -11.4 90 1.3 -10.5 296 21 312.2 312.7 289.2 321.5 2.92 11 500 5640 -14.4 -15.6 91 1.2 -14.7 282 19 315.5 316.0 289.7 323.0 2.28 12 450 6429 -20.0 -20.1 99 0.1 -20.0 260 17 318.1 318.5 289.9 323.9 1.72 13 400 7292 -25.9 -25.9 100 0.0 -25.9 220 20 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.4 1.16 14 350 8247 -31.4 -34.7 73 3.2 -31.9 187 37 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.58 15 300 9327 -35.9 -45.7 36 9.9 -36.7 201 39 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.21 16 250 10582 -40.8 -67.3 4 26.6 -41.8 233 46 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 17 200 12074 -48.5 -73.7 4 25.2 -49.1 242 59 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13921 -58.6 -78.6 6 20.0 -58.9 259 58 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16416 -64.2 -84.1 5 19.9 -64.4 260 37 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.90 m Freezing level: 695.65 mb = 3068.31 m = 10066.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.84 mb = 2915.58 m = 9565.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.55 % Est. max temperature: 23.06 C = 73.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.05 mb = 1217.84 m = 3995.49 ft T: 13.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.07 mb = 1959.55 m = 6428.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.34 C = 74.02 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.09 mb = 1672.24 m = 5486.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.09 mb = 2349.66 m = 7708.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.09 mb = 5193.10 m = 17037.52 ft B at Equ Level: 92.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.09 mb = 7657.40 m = 25122.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 337.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.50 Bulk Shear: 12.36 m/s