MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 37.17,-96.14 Latitude: 37.17 Longitude: -96.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 972 299 28.5 17.1 50 11.4 20.6 180 19 304.1 306.5 294.8 342.0 12.71 2 950 497 26.5 15.4 50 11.2 19.0 185 29 304.1 306.3 294.0 338.8 11.64 3 900 971 22.0 14.0 60 8.1 16.7 192 35 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.21 4 850 1464 17.5 12.7 74 4.7 14.4 200 38 304.4 306.5 293.6 337.1 10.96 5 800 1979 13.0 11.3 90 1.6 11.9 209 38 305.0 307.0 293.5 336.7 10.60 6 750 2521 12.4 -0.5 41 12.9 5.6 230 38 310.1 311.0 290.4 325.5 4.93 7 700 3096 8.7 -10.3 25 19.0 0.5 237 43 312.1 312.6 288.8 320.2 2.50 8 650 3703 4.0 -16.4 21 20.4 -3.5 238 44 313.5 313.8 288.4 319.0 1.64 9 600 4348 0.5 -30.2 8 30.7 -7.6 245 39 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.5 0.52 10 550 5040 -3.3 -37.9 5 34.6 -10.7 253 31 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.2 0.27 11 500 5786 -8.6 -42.2 5 33.7 -14.6 256 31 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.19 12 450 6593 -14.7 -38.0 12 23.3 -18.9 266 33 324.7 324.8 290.6 325.9 0.32 13 400 7472 -21.7 -36.3 26 14.6 -24.1 274 34 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.43 14 350 8440 -29.6 -40.3 35 10.7 -30.9 275 37 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.33 15 300 9517 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.2 282 39 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10739 -49.3 -54.4 55 5.1 -49.6 294 48 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.09 17 200 12165 -59.6 -66.1 43 6.5 -59.7 294 38 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 18 150 13948 -62.4 -73.9 20 11.5 -62.5 284 41 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16438 -65.2 -83.5 6 18.4 -65.3 246 31 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.34 m Freezing level: 593.41 mb = 4439.03 m = 14563.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.87 mb = 3167.64 m = 10392.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.31 mb = 1735.11 m = 5692.54 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 23.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.40 mb = 2707.45 m = 8882.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.06 C = 95.11 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 19.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 762.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.10 mb = 1935.69 m = 6350.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.10 mb = 3713.80 m = 12184.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.10 mb = 12192.63 m = 40001.58 ft B at Equ Level: 752.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.10 mb = 13985.37 m = 45883.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 342.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 8.66 Bulk Shear: 87.98 m/s