MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.06,-96.93 Latitude: 38.06 Longitude: -96.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 955 433 22.8 15.3 63 7.5 17.8 216 1 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.5 11.49 2 950 477 22.0 14.9 64 7.1 17.3 210 1 299.5 301.5 292.4 332.5 11.28 3 900 944 17.4 13.9 80 3.4 15.1 167 0 299.4 301.4 292.3 332.0 11.16 4 850 1430 15.1 8.1 63 7.0 10.9 59 2 302.0 303.4 290.5 325.8 8.01 5 800 1941 12.3 -0.2 42 12.5 5.9 12 2 304.3 305.2 288.3 318.7 4.71 6 750 2478 8.4 -2.2 47 10.6 3.2 247 4 305.7 306.5 288.4 319.1 4.34 7 700 3044 3.6 -3.8 58 7.4 0.1 241 10 306.5 307.3 288.5 319.3 4.14 8 650 3640 -1.6 -6.1 71 4.5 -3.6 257 16 307.2 307.9 288.3 318.8 3.72 9 600 4272 -6.5 -8.2 88 1.7 -7.2 264 23 308.6 309.3 288.5 319.4 3.44 10 550 4946 -10.8 -15.1 71 4.3 -12.3 251 24 311.2 311.6 288.1 318.2 2.14 11 500 5670 -16.1 -17.6 89 1.5 -16.6 257 25 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.7 1.92 12 450 6461 -18.1 -18.3 98 0.2 -18.1 224 52 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.3 2.01 13 400 7333 -23.0 -23.0 100 0.0 -23.0 206 65 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.3 1.50 14 350 8298 -30.1 -30.1 100 0.0 -30.1 201 72 328.2 328.3 292.1 331.4 0.89 15 300 9375 -39.0 -39.0 100 0.0 -38.9 202 80 330.5 330.5 292.3 332.1 0.43 16 250 10598 -46.8 -51.9 55 5.2 -47.0 218 77 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.13 17 200 12078 -49.0 -72.4 5 23.3 -49.6 248 56 355.1 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 13923 -59.0 -78.8 6 19.8 -59.2 261 49 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16418 -63.9 -84.2 5 20.3 -64.1 243 36 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.96 m Freezing level: 665.16 mb = 3459.06 m = 11348.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.14 mb = 3064.85 m = 10055.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.28 mb = 1377.34 m = 4518.77 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.80 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2140.56 m = 7022.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 31.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 541.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.27 mb = 1557.21 m = 5108.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.27 mb = 2786.91 m = 9143.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.27 mb = 8049.02 m = 26407.23 ft B at Equ Level: 540.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.27 mb = 11683.17 m = 38330.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -13.7 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 17.85 Bulk Shear: 30.34 m/s