MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-95.32 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 231 21.3 16.8 75 4.5 18.2 176 22 296.0 298.3 292.1 331.5 12.32 2 950 511 18.5 15.5 83 3.0 16.5 177 38 296.0 298.1 291.6 329.7 11.73 3 900 972 15.1 13.9 93 1.2 14.3 186 49 297.1 299.1 291.5 329.4 11.16 4 850 1459 16.5 9.5 63 7.0 12.2 203 53 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.8 8.82 5 800 1973 13.5 7.8 68 5.8 10.0 209 48 305.6 307.1 291.9 330.6 8.30 6 750 2514 10.2 5.7 74 4.4 7.6 213 45 307.6 309.1 292.0 331.1 7.71 7 700 3085 6.3 3.3 81 3.0 4.6 213 44 309.5 310.8 292.0 330.9 6.96 8 650 3689 2.2 -1.7 75 3.9 0.2 214 45 311.4 312.4 291.0 327.7 5.19 9 600 4330 -2.9 -7.3 71 4.4 -4.8 217 45 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.5 3.67 10 550 5012 -8.5 -11.3 80 2.8 -9.6 221 45 314.0 314.6 289.8 323.5 2.93 11 500 5744 -13.0 -15.7 80 2.7 -13.9 222 49 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.6 2.25 12 450 6540 -17.9 -21.2 76 3.2 -18.8 226 55 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.0 1.57 13 400 7409 -24.6 -25.5 92 0.9 -24.8 233 61 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.3 1.21 14 350 8367 -31.8 -32.1 97 0.3 -31.9 222 64 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.6 0.74 15 300 9438 -39.8 -41.7 82 1.9 -40.0 231 64 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.5 0.33 16 250 10655 -50.0 -51.0 89 1.0 -50.1 236 69 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 17 200 12077 -61.0 -61.3 97 0.2 -61.0 215 55 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 18 150 13860 -62.0 -78.0 10 16.0 -62.1 260 34 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16359 -62.0 -84.1 4 22.0 -62.3 246 22 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.33 m Freezing level: 628.45 mb = 3964.88 m = 13007.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.06 mb = 3712.61 m = 12180.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.01 mb = 803.07 m = 2634.70 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2203.13 m = 7228.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 227.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.82 mb = 1021.31 m = 3350.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.82 mb = 4199.50 m = 13777.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.82 mb = 9213.76 m = 30228.49 ft B at Equ Level: 224.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.82 mb = 12082.57 m = 39640.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 415.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 410.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 2.70 Bulk Shear: 84.01 m/s