MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.51,-94.85 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 976 275 23.3 18.1 73 5.2 19.8 200 18 298.5 300.9 293.8 337.8 13.53 2 950 512 22.0 16.5 71 5.5 18.3 203 33 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.2 12.56 3 900 979 18.0 15.1 83 2.9 16.1 207 39 300.0 302.2 293.2 335.3 12.06 4 850 1467 14.4 13.1 92 1.4 13.6 216 43 301.3 303.3 292.9 334.2 11.19 5 800 1977 11.2 10.3 95 0.8 10.7 223 44 303.1 304.9 292.4 332.5 9.91 6 750 2515 8.4 7.4 94 1.0 7.8 224 45 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.7 8.65 7 700 3083 5.8 1.8 75 4.0 3.6 220 46 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.1 6.22 8 650 3687 2.8 -5.4 55 8.2 -1.1 219 54 312.1 312.8 290.1 324.5 3.93 9 600 4329 -1.7 -10.8 50 9.1 -5.4 222 54 314.2 314.7 289.8 323.2 2.80 10 550 5017 -5.5 -15.1 47 9.6 -9.0 229 56 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.7 2.14 11 500 5757 -10.5 -20.4 44 9.9 -13.5 233 60 320.3 320.6 290.4 325.4 1.51 12 450 6559 -16.3 -25.3 46 9.0 -18.6 233 62 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.5 1.09 13 400 7433 -23.3 -29.8 55 6.5 -24.6 235 64 324.7 324.8 291.0 327.6 0.80 14 350 8394 -31.1 -37.0 56 5.8 -31.9 230 67 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.46 15 300 9466 -40.6 -41.0 96 0.4 -40.6 235 70 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.5 0.35 16 250 10681 -49.9 -50.0 99 0.1 -49.9 241 74 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 17 200 12109 -58.5 -61.3 70 2.8 -58.6 225 67 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 18 150 13903 -60.3 -78.3 8 18.0 -60.4 270 65 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16390 -64.0 -83.9 5 19.9 -64.1 241 40 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.19 m Freezing level: 618.88 mb = 4086.38 m = 13406.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.66 mb = 3541.65 m = 11619.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.23 mb = 929.20 m = 3048.51 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.32 mb = 1433.31 m = 4702.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.96 C = 78.72 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 33.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 827.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.69 mb = 1251.80 m = 4106.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.69 mb = 1700.81 m = 5580.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.69 mb = 11307.61 m = 37098.01 ft B at Equ Level: 826.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.69 mb = 13631.46 m = 44722.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.9 neg: -6.8 tot: 252.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 12.11 Bulk Shear: 68.32 m/s