MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.46,-96.91 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 975 290 23.3 16.5 65 6.8 18.7 177 16 298.6 300.8 292.8 334.1 12.17 2 950 514 23.7 15.0 58 8.7 17.9 187 31 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.6 11.34 3 900 985 20.9 13.3 62 7.7 15.9 198 42 303.1 305.0 293.0 334.8 10.70 4 850 1478 18.7 10.4 58 8.4 13.4 213 41 305.7 307.5 292.7 333.8 9.33 5 800 1996 15.6 6.6 55 9.0 10.2 233 39 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.2 7.68 6 750 2539 11.1 3.3 58 7.9 6.7 242 39 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.5 6.47 7 700 3110 6.5 -0.5 61 7.0 2.9 250 41 309.7 310.7 290.6 326.1 5.29 8 650 3714 1.9 -4.4 63 6.2 -1.1 253 44 311.1 311.9 290.1 324.5 4.26 9 600 4353 -2.8 -11.3 52 8.5 -6.2 252 46 312.9 313.4 289.2 321.5 2.69 10 550 5038 -6.3 -20.4 32 14.1 -10.7 246 54 316.6 316.8 289.1 321.2 1.37 11 500 5776 -11.0 -25.3 30 14.3 -14.7 245 58 319.6 319.8 289.7 323.0 0.98 12 450 6576 -16.8 -28.4 36 11.6 -19.4 251 62 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.0 0.82 13 400 7449 -23.2 -28.6 61 5.4 -24.3 255 65 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.0 0.90 14 350 8415 -29.3 -32.3 75 3.1 -29.8 256 73 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.72 15 300 9497 -37.6 -38.6 91 1.0 -37.7 254 81 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.45 16 250 10726 -48.1 -52.3 62 4.1 -48.3 256 84 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 17 200 12158 -58.8 -62.4 63 3.5 -58.9 258 79 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 13951 -62.1 -77.6 11 15.4 -62.3 269 58 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16419 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.6 264 40 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.91 m Freezing level: 630.03 mb = 3969.08 m = 13021.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.72 mb = 3543.52 m = 11625.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.82 mb = 1160.80 m = 3808.35 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.07 mb = 2571.56 m = 8436.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 33.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.12 mb = 1773.06 m = 5817.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.12 mb = 3392.87 m = 11131.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.12 mb = 10055.98 m = 32991.64 ft B at Equ Level: 416.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.12 mb = 12950.27 m = 42487.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 466.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 466.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 155.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 2.61 Bulk Shear: 159.85 m/s