MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.42,-97.55 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -97.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 960 399 15.6 14.8 95 0.8 15.1 147 5 292.1 294.0 289.8 323.4 11.06 2 950 491 15.0 14.3 96 0.7 14.6 159 7 292.4 294.3 289.8 323.3 10.87 3 900 948 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 205 11 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.4 10.53 4 850 1431 15.8 4.8 48 11.0 9.6 221 11 302.7 303.9 289.3 321.9 6.36 5 800 1943 12.6 -3.4 33 16.0 4.8 232 12 304.6 305.3 287.5 316.1 3.72 6 750 2480 8.6 -14.5 18 23.1 -0.2 247 13 305.9 306.2 285.8 311.3 1.66 7 700 3045 4.6 -26.5 8 31.0 -4.3 274 15 307.5 307.6 285.2 309.7 0.63 8 650 3642 -0.4 -26.7 12 26.3 -7.5 292 17 308.5 308.7 285.6 310.8 0.66 9 600 4275 -6.0 -24.8 21 18.8 -11.0 298 17 309.1 309.3 286.0 312.0 0.85 10 550 4948 -11.8 -29.8 21 18.0 -15.6 284 13 310.0 310.2 286.1 312.1 0.59 11 500 5668 -18.2 -34.0 24 15.7 -20.9 270 15 310.8 310.9 286.1 312.3 0.43 12 450 6444 -25.4 -35.2 39 9.9 -26.7 266 15 311.4 311.4 286.4 312.8 0.42 13 400 7286 -32.5 -40.1 46 7.7 -33.3 258 23 312.8 312.8 286.6 313.8 0.29 14 350 8210 -40.2 -44.4 64 4.2 -40.5 262 30 314.5 314.6 287.2 315.3 0.21 15 300 9253 -43.5 -60.3 14 16.9 -44.0 249 37 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.04 16 250 10469 -47.4 -65.9 10 18.5 -47.9 243 40 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.02 17 200 11926 -52.1 -72.5 7 20.4 -52.5 240 48 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13774 -56.2 -79.8 4 23.6 -56.5 253 41 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16321 -59.6 -84.3 3 24.6 -59.9 251 38 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.89 m Freezing level: 653.85 mb = 3596.25 m = 11798.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.57 mb = 2462.25 m = 8078.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.25 mb = 497.35 m = 1631.70 ft T: 14.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.28 mb = 2333.58 m = 7656.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.90 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 257.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 840.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 310.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.68 mb = 1112.20 m = 3648.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.68 mb = 4045.38 m = 13272.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.68 mb = 9304.38 m = 30525.82 ft B at Equ Level: 830.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.68 mb = 11680.10 m = 38320.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 25.61 Bulk Shear: 32.80 m/s