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: 38.15,-96.45 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -96.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 957 420 23.8 14.8 57 9.0 17.8 205 4 300.8 302.8 292.7 333.5 11.14 2 950 479 22.5 14.3 60 8.2 17.1 207 4 300.1 302.0 292.2 331.9 10.85 3 900 946 17.9 13.2 74 4.7 14.9 213 4 299.9 301.9 292.0 331.2 10.67 4 850 1433 14.1 10.4 78 3.7 11.8 224 2 300.9 302.6 291.3 328.5 9.33 5 800 1943 12.1 1.3 47 10.8 6.3 329 2 304.0 305.0 288.7 319.9 5.24 6 750 2480 8.4 -1.3 51 9.6 3.5 262 6 305.7 306.5 288.7 319.9 4.64 7 700 3045 4.0 -5.3 51 9.3 -0.2 249 13 306.9 307.6 288.2 318.4 3.69 8 650 3642 -1.3 -6.1 70 4.8 -3.4 253 19 307.5 308.2 288.5 319.1 3.73 9 600 4274 -6.6 -7.9 90 1.3 -7.2 265 24 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.4 3.50 10 550 4948 -11.0 -12.4 89 1.4 -11.5 242 26 311.1 311.6 288.6 319.7 2.68 11 500 5673 -15.8 -17.5 87 1.7 -16.3 253 26 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.2 1.94 12 450 6464 -18.1 -18.3 99 0.1 -18.2 224 43 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.2 2.02 13 400 7337 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 207 68 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.1 1.56 14 350 8303 -29.9 -30.2 98 0.3 -30.0 208 82 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.6 0.89 15 300 9380 -39.0 -39.4 96 0.4 -39.1 206 89 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.42 16 250 10603 -47.5 -50.7 69 3.3 -47.6 214 81 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.15 17 200 12081 -49.4 -72.1 5 22.7 -49.8 248 54 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 13922 -59.5 -78.8 6 19.3 -59.7 260 52 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16415 -65.0 -83.9 6 18.9 -65.2 242 38 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.22 m Freezing level: 662.27 mb = 3495.65 m = 11468.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.91 mb = 3011.20 m = 9879.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.86 mb = 1553.71 m = 5097.40 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.11 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2121.24 m = 6959.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 26.14 C K Index: 30.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.37 mb = 1598.94 m = 5245.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.37 mb = 2832.85 m = 9294.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.37 mb = 7550.74 m = 24772.46 ft B at Equ Level: 516.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.37 mb = 11809.18 m = 38743.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -16.0 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 25.41 m/s