MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-96.34 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 288 26.8 15.1 49 11.7 18.9 209 23 302.3 304.4 293.1 335.2 11.13 2 950 494 23.9 13.6 53 10.2 17.2 212 35 301.4 303.3 292.3 332.1 10.38 3 900 963 19.4 12.0 62 7.4 14.7 217 40 301.5 303.3 291.9 330.6 9.86 4 850 1452 15.2 10.3 73 4.9 12.1 222 41 302.0 303.7 291.6 329.5 9.27 5 800 1962 10.9 7.4 79 3.5 8.8 226 39 302.8 304.3 290.9 326.9 8.10 6 750 2498 8.3 -0.3 55 8.6 3.9 229 40 305.6 306.5 289.0 320.9 5.00 7 700 3067 6.6 -7.0 37 13.6 0.5 221 51 309.8 310.4 288.8 320.1 3.24 8 650 3671 2.8 -6.2 51 9.0 -1.3 213 61 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.9 3.70 9 600 4313 -2.0 -13.6 41 11.6 -6.4 219 62 313.8 314.2 289.0 321.1 2.23 10 550 5000 -5.2 -17.4 38 12.1 -9.4 227 64 317.9 318.2 289.9 323.9 1.78 11 500 5742 -10.1 -23.3 33 13.2 -13.8 227 66 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.8 1.17 12 450 6544 -16.3 -30.2 29 13.8 -19.3 229 69 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.69 13 400 7417 -23.6 -34.9 35 11.2 -25.5 230 69 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.49 14 350 8376 -31.8 -40.1 43 8.4 -32.7 223 68 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.33 15 300 9445 -40.6 -43.7 72 3.1 -40.9 236 80 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.27 16 250 10663 -49.5 -52.3 73 2.8 -49.7 250 95 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 17 200 12108 -55.6 -64.6 32 9.0 -55.8 221 75 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13904 -58.8 -78.3 6 19.6 -59.0 268 56 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16394 -64.4 -83.9 5 19.5 -64.6 235 35 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.90 m Freezing level: 620.96 mb = 4043.72 m = 13266.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.55 mb = 3224.82 m = 10579.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.53 mb = 1759.23 m = 5771.68 ft T: 12.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.14 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.38 mb = 2041.73 m = 6698.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 21.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.87 mb = 1848.68 m = 6065.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.87 mb = 4234.58 m = 13892.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 585.87 mb = 4500.92 m = 14766.63 ft B at Equ Level: 2.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 565.87 mb = 4775.37 m = 15667.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 52.6 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 173.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 54.77 m/s