MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 37.22,-98.78 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 1 950 478 SFC 945 527 19.5 16.6 83 2.9 17.6 157 18 297.5 299.8 292.9 334.2 12.69 3 900 944 18.8 14.5 76 4.2 16.0 172 38 300.8 303.0 293.1 335.0 11.64 4 850 1434 17.0 10.7 66 6.3 13.0 200 42 303.9 305.7 292.4 332.4 9.54 5 800 1948 13.4 6.3 62 7.1 9.2 217 41 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.1 7.51 6 750 2488 9.4 1.4 57 8.0 5.1 233 42 306.8 307.9 290.0 324.1 5.65 7 700 3056 5.1 -3.0 56 8.1 1.2 238 44 308.2 309.0 289.3 321.8 4.39 8 650 3656 0.1 -5.9 64 6.0 -2.6 235 45 309.1 309.8 289.0 320.9 3.78 9 600 4291 -4.8 -10.1 67 5.2 -7.0 228 51 310.5 311.1 288.7 319.9 2.96 10 550 4969 -9.2 -18.3 48 9.1 -12.1 227 56 313.1 313.4 288.3 318.5 1.64 11 500 5700 -13.8 -27.6 30 13.8 -16.9 230 58 316.3 316.4 288.4 319.0 0.79 12 450 6492 -18.4 -37.1 18 18.7 -21.4 229 65 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.35 13 400 7362 -23.1 -43.2 14 20.1 -25.6 228 68 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.21 14 350 8327 -29.5 -47.9 15 18.3 -31.3 229 60 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.14 15 300 9409 -37.1 -52.1 20 15.0 -38.1 223 49 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 16 250 10643 -46.7 -57.5 28 10.8 -47.1 224 47 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 17 200 12088 -57.1 -66.7 28 9.6 -57.2 227 46 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13880 -60.8 -78.2 8 17.4 -61.0 243 55 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16385 -63.9 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.1 268 32 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.47 m Freezing level: 649.08 mb = 3667.39 m = 12031.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.36 mb = 3238.93 m = 10626.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.98 mb = 896.01 m = 2939.63 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 16.50 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.91 mb = 2171.74 m = 7125.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 670.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.40 mb = 1580.81 m = 5186.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.40 mb = 2819.59 m = 9250.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.40 mb = 9169.59 m = 30083.60 ft B at Equ Level: 668.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.40 mb = 13085.63 m = 42931.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 514.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 512.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 170.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.21 Bulk Shear: 209.12 m/s