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: 38.03,-99.33 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -99.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 1 950 448 SFC 927 664 22.2 13.6 58 8.6 16.6 175 18 301.9 303.8 292.6 333.3 10.64 3 900 918 21.7 12.8 57 8.8 15.9 178 32 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.8 10.40 4 850 1412 18.7 10.8 60 7.9 13.7 195 39 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.7 9.63 5 800 1930 15.1 7.9 62 7.2 10.7 206 37 307.2 308.8 292.4 332.6 8.38 6 750 2472 10.5 5.0 69 5.5 7.3 219 36 308.0 309.3 291.8 330.3 7.31 7 700 3043 5.8 1.1 72 4.7 3.3 226 36 308.9 310.0 290.9 327.2 5.93 8 650 3644 0.7 -2.3 80 3.1 -0.8 228 37 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.2 4.96 9 600 4282 -3.6 -9.1 66 5.5 -5.8 221 46 312.0 312.6 289.5 322.2 3.21 10 550 4963 -8.7 -14.8 61 6.1 -10.8 218 52 313.7 314.2 289.0 320.9 2.20 11 500 5697 -12.2 -16.3 71 4.1 -13.6 217 53 318.1 318.6 290.3 325.2 2.13 12 450 6493 -18.5 -21.1 80 2.5 -19.2 218 55 319.9 320.3 290.4 325.3 1.58 13 400 7360 -25.2 -33.0 48 7.8 -26.5 227 58 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.4 0.59 14 350 8316 -32.1 -38.9 51 6.8 -32.9 229 75 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.38 15 300 9384 -41.2 -45.8 61 4.7 -41.5 223 76 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.21 16 250 10596 -49.9 -54.4 59 4.5 -50.1 227 79 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 17 200 12030 -56.9 -63.5 43 6.6 -57.0 223 78 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 13821 -61.5 -77.5 10 16.0 -61.6 240 59 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16339 -63.2 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.4 228 38 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.38 m Freezing level: 641.68 mb = 3750.30 m = 12304.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.76 mb = 3523.20 m = 11558.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.44 mb = 1755.91 m = 5760.78 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 13.87 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.94 mb = 2628.83 m = 8624.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 995.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.36 mb = 2203.56 m = 7229.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.36 mb = 3050.08 m = 10006.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.36 mb = 10875.56 m = 35680.52 ft B at Equ Level: 994.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.36 mb = 13847.62 m = 45431.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 270.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.62 Bulk Rich Number: 11.46 Bulk Shear: 86.83 m/s