MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.68,-99.65 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 1 950 447 SFC 929 639 24.6 13.6 50 11.0 17.3 173 21 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.6 10.59 3 900 920 23.4 12.9 52 10.5 16.5 176 37 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.0 10.45 4 850 1416 19.4 11.9 62 7.6 14.6 185 45 306.5 308.4 293.7 337.6 10.33 5 800 1936 17.0 7.5 53 9.5 11.2 206 44 309.3 310.8 292.9 334.2 8.15 6 750 2483 13.0 1.2 44 11.8 6.5 222 43 310.7 311.7 291.2 328.0 5.55 7 700 3058 8.0 -3.5 44 11.5 2.3 230 42 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.6 4.22 8 650 3663 2.7 -8.7 43 11.4 -2.3 232 41 312.0 312.6 289.3 321.7 3.04 9 600 4304 -2.8 -15.1 38 12.3 -7.2 230 43 312.8 313.2 288.5 319.3 1.97 10 550 4987 -6.8 -17.3 43 10.5 -10.4 227 49 316.0 316.3 289.3 321.9 1.79 11 500 5725 -11.3 -17.9 58 6.7 -13.5 232 53 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.86 12 450 6524 -17.0 -28.7 36 11.7 -19.6 235 53 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.80 13 400 7396 -23.5 -33.2 41 9.6 -25.2 243 63 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.5 0.58 14 350 8357 -31.3 -39.2 46 7.9 -32.2 239 72 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.37 15 300 9428 -40.7 -43.6 73 3.0 -40.9 239 73 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.27 16 250 10642 -49.9 -51.4 85 1.4 -50.0 242 83 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.14 17 200 12074 -57.8 -62.3 56 4.5 -57.9 235 72 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 13859 -62.8 -77.0 13 14.2 -62.9 255 57 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16355 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 226 38 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.54 m Freezing level: 625.72 mb = 3974.01 m = 13037.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.78 mb = 3357.28 m = 11014.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.27 mb = 2029.30 m = 6657.72 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 18.36 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.72 mb = 2919.35 m = 9577.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 498.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1079.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.61 mb = 2308.56 m = 7573.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.61 mb = 3407.95 m = 11180.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.61 mb = 11444.74 m = 37547.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1074.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.61 mb = 14256.64 m = 46773.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 429.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 429.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 8.01 Bulk Shear: 134.69 m/s