MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-101.07 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 490 SFC 906 899 16.9 2.8 39 14.1 9.3 170 2 298.4 299.3 286.6 313.7 5.16 3 900 955 20.8 2.4 30 18.4 10.7 171 3 303.0 303.9 288.2 318.3 5.07 4 850 1447 18.1 1.0 32 17.1 8.9 202 7 305.1 306.0 288.7 319.9 4.84 5 800 1962 13.8 -1.4 35 15.2 6.1 217 16 305.8 306.7 288.5 319.2 4.32 6 750 2501 9.6 -6.0 33 15.7 2.4 254 20 307.0 307.7 287.8 317.2 3.25 7 700 3069 5.1 -9.8 33 15.0 -1.2 256 28 308.2 308.7 287.6 316.4 2.59 8 650 3668 0.8 -16.2 27 17.1 -5.2 255 29 309.9 310.2 287.2 315.3 1.65 9 600 4306 -2.4 -29.5 10 27.1 -9.2 238 38 313.4 313.5 287.2 315.3 0.55 10 550 4992 -6.0 -37.6 6 31.6 -12.4 232 41 317.0 317.0 288.1 318.0 0.27 11 500 5731 -11.0 -36.8 10 25.8 -15.9 241 44 319.7 319.7 289.0 320.9 0.33 12 450 6530 -17.3 -35.5 19 18.2 -20.5 245 50 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.0 0.41 13 400 7401 -23.4 -39.0 22 15.6 -25.6 242 60 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.8 0.33 14 350 8364 -30.5 -40.5 37 10.0 -31.6 240 70 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.32 15 300 9440 -39.2 -44.0 60 4.8 -39.6 243 79 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.26 16 250 10660 -49.6 -52.8 69 3.1 -49.8 247 85 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 12110 -51.1 -70.9 8 19.8 -51.5 246 76 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13961 -57.6 -79.2 5 21.6 -57.8 248 62 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16448 -69.0 -83.8 10 14.7 -69.1 246 40 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.32 m Freezing level: 636.81 mb = 3836.42 m = 12586.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.12 mb = 2881.27 m = 9452.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.91 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.49 mb = 2695.24 m = 8842.53 ft T: 8.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 4.59 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 569.82 mb = 4712.86 m = 15461.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.56 C = 92.42 F Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lifted Index: 5.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 5.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 11.98 C K Index: 15.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8860.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.34 mb = 3515.93 m = 11535.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 104.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 111.89 m/s