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: 38.87,-97.89 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -97.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 955 444 23.4 3.8 28 19.6 12.4 336 6 300.5 301.5 287.5 316.3 5.26 2 950 486 22.3 2.9 28 19.4 11.7 335 7 299.8 300.7 286.9 314.6 4.95 3 900 951 17.8 1.5 33 16.3 9.2 334 8 299.8 300.7 286.8 314.1 4.74 4 850 1437 15.2 -1.6 31 16.8 6.8 327 5 302.1 302.8 286.8 314.2 3.99 5 800 1947 11.4 -3.2 36 14.6 4.4 307 5 303.3 304.0 287.1 314.9 3.77 6 750 2482 7.5 -6.3 37 13.8 1.3 292 10 304.7 305.3 286.9 314.6 3.17 7 700 3045 3.0 -7.9 45 10.9 -1.6 284 14 305.8 306.4 287.2 315.3 3.02 8 650 3640 -2.0 -8.6 61 6.6 -4.7 263 16 306.6 307.2 287.5 316.3 3.07 9 600 4269 -7.6 -10.0 83 2.4 -8.5 246 20 307.4 307.9 287.7 316.8 2.98 10 550 4940 -12.7 -17.0 70 4.3 -14.0 250 21 309.0 309.4 287.1 314.9 1.83 11 500 5662 -16.0 -28.5 33 12.5 -18.7 248 26 313.5 313.7 287.4 316.0 0.73 12 450 6447 -21.7 -28.4 55 6.7 -23.0 262 30 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.8 0.82 13 400 7305 -26.9 -27.2 97 0.3 -26.9 245 38 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.6 1.03 14 350 8261 -30.7 -30.7 100 -0.0 -30.7 209 80 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.4 0.84 15 300 9336 -39.9 -39.9 100 -0.0 -39.9 205 84 329.1 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.39 16 250 10555 -46.6 -54.8 39 8.2 -46.9 227 61 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12034 -48.0 -73.8 4 25.8 -48.6 248 57 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 18 150 13890 -56.7 -79.6 4 22.9 -57.0 263 52 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16393 -63.8 -84.3 5 20.5 -64.0 263 40 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.93 m Freezing level: 670.22 mb = 3399.07 m = 11151.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.66 mb = 2728.42 m = 8951.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.37 mb = 2890.44 m = 9482.95 ft T: 4.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.43 mb = 3805.62 m = 12485.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.38 C K Index: 18.68 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 35.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9864.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.99 mb = 3079.50 m = 10103.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -4.8 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 29.96 m/s