MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-95.87 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 981 215 21.8 18.3 81 3.4 19.4 182 22 296.6 299.0 293.3 335.9 13.65 2 950 490 19.3 17.3 88 2.0 17.9 184 39 296.8 299.2 293.0 334.9 13.18 3 900 953 15.9 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 189 47 297.9 300.2 293.0 334.6 12.63 4 850 1438 13.7 13.6 99 0.1 13.6 203 51 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.5 11.58 5 800 1949 11.4 10.2 92 1.2 10.7 213 45 303.3 305.1 292.4 332.6 9.83 6 750 2487 9.3 6.2 81 3.1 7.5 207 43 306.7 308.1 291.9 330.7 7.93 7 700 3057 5.9 4.2 88 1.8 4.9 205 46 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.7 7.39 8 650 3660 2.0 0.6 90 1.5 1.3 209 52 311.2 312.4 291.8 330.3 6.14 9 600 4301 -2.8 -6.1 78 3.3 -4.3 211 57 312.9 313.7 290.5 325.8 4.04 10 550 4984 -8.4 -11.6 78 3.2 -9.6 213 57 314.2 314.7 289.8 323.5 2.87 11 500 5716 -13.6 -17.6 72 4.0 -14.9 220 61 316.5 316.8 289.6 322.9 1.92 12 450 6509 -19.3 -21.7 81 2.4 -20.0 223 66 318.9 319.2 290.0 324.0 1.49 13 400 7373 -25.2 -27.3 83 2.1 -25.6 229 78 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.02 14 350 8330 -32.4 -35.5 74 3.1 -32.8 222 82 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.53 15 300 9395 -41.7 -43.8 80 2.1 -41.8 225 79 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.26 16 250 10604 -51.1 -52.9 81 1.8 -51.2 232 79 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.11 17 200 12034 -55.8 -64.8 32 9.0 -56.0 227 67 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13848 -60.6 -79.3 7 18.7 -60.7 244 34 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16367 -61.6 -84.2 3 22.6 -61.9 252 26 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.69 m Freezing level: 628.94 mb = 3930.31 m = 12894.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.65 mb = 3801.35 m = 12471.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.76 mb = 646.79 m = 2121.98 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 5.24 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.98 mb = 905.93 m = 2972.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.01 C = 73.42 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 27.17 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 495.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1153.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.18 mb = 847.40 m = 2780.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.18 mb = 1084.55 m = 3558.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 806.18 mb = 1883.74 m = 6180.17 ft B at Equ Level: 9.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.18 mb = 14007.72 m = 45956.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.0 neg: -22.4 tot: 323.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 15.51 Bulk Shear: 74.35 m/s