MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.49,-95.24 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 973 286 15.8 13.6 87 2.2 14.4 305 11 291.2 293.0 288.7 319.8 10.10 2 950 491 15.4 12.8 85 2.6 13.8 312 22 292.8 294.5 289.0 320.7 9.81 3 900 948 12.7 10.9 89 1.8 11.6 324 29 294.6 296.2 289.0 320.8 9.11 4 850 1428 12.0 6.7 70 5.3 8.9 323 21 298.7 300.0 288.8 320.0 7.25 5 800 1933 9.2 2.0 61 7.1 5.4 313 21 300.9 301.9 287.9 317.5 5.54 6 750 2465 5.4 -1.4 62 6.8 2.1 302 23 302.4 303.3 287.6 316.4 4.61 7 700 3025 1.1 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.3 285 23 303.7 304.5 287.4 316.0 3.99 8 650 3616 -3.5 -8.5 68 5.0 -5.5 272 28 305.0 305.6 287.0 314.7 3.11 9 600 4243 -8.1 -12.9 68 4.8 -9.8 269 28 306.8 307.2 286.8 314.2 2.36 10 550 4913 -12.7 -17.9 65 5.2 -14.2 262 30 309.0 309.3 286.9 314.5 1.70 11 500 5633 -17.7 -24.3 56 6.7 -19.2 261 29 311.5 311.7 287.1 315.1 1.07 12 450 6411 -24.0 -31.1 52 7.1 -25.2 257 27 313.1 313.2 287.2 315.3 0.64 13 400 7261 -28.7 -48.4 13 19.8 -30.4 213 35 317.7 317.8 288.2 318.2 0.12 14 350 8212 -31.3 -32.3 91 1.0 -31.4 171 73 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.2 0.73 15 300 9288 -39.2 -40.2 90 1.0 -39.3 162 88 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.5 0.38 16 250 10515 -47.5 -50.7 70 3.1 -47.7 174 90 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.15 17 200 11973 -52.2 -73.8 6 21.6 -52.5 209 37 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13814 -56.6 -80.8 3 24.2 -56.9 266 36 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16362 -60.8 -84.2 3 23.5 -61.0 287 19 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.52 m Freezing level: 687.62 mb = 3170.90 m = 10403.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.54 mb = 2801.19 m = 9190.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.17 mb = 569.88 m = 1869.67 ft T: 14.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.42 mb = 1856.35 m = 6090.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.17 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 30.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 220.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.60 mb = 1045.28 m = 3429.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.60 mb = 3319.25 m = 10889.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.60 mb = 7358.11 m = 24140.48 ft B at Equ Level: 215.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.60 mb = 8737.86 m = 28667.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.9 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 312.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -11.1 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.21 Bulk Shear: 23.94 m/s