MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-96.97 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 974 287 15.7 12.9 84 2.8 14.0 154 19 291.0 292.7 288.2 318.3 9.63 2 950 498 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.7 154 33 291.7 293.3 287.9 317.5 9.08 3 900 955 15.1 12.0 82 3.1 13.1 177 54 297.1 298.8 290.4 325.5 9.81 4 850 1440 14.5 13.3 93 1.2 13.8 196 57 301.4 303.5 293.0 335.0 11.40 5 800 1953 13.1 10.4 84 2.7 11.4 212 49 305.1 306.9 293.0 334.8 9.93 6 750 2494 10.1 6.7 79 3.4 8.1 228 47 307.6 309.1 292.4 332.6 8.24 7 700 3065 6.3 3.5 82 2.8 4.7 235 53 309.5 310.8 292.0 331.1 7.06 8 650 3668 2.0 0.5 90 1.5 1.2 240 57 311.2 312.3 291.7 330.2 6.11 9 600 4310 -2.3 -3.7 90 1.3 -3.0 241 59 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.8 4.86 10 550 4995 -6.5 -8.4 86 1.9 -7.3 238 58 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.3 3.70 11 500 5734 -11.1 -13.6 82 2.5 -12.1 237 57 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.4 2.67 12 450 6534 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.5 235 64 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.78 13 400 7409 -22.2 -26.6 67 4.4 -23.2 238 73 326.1 326.3 291.7 330.0 1.09 14 350 8377 -28.7 -33.4 64 4.7 -29.5 244 62 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.4 0.65 15 300 9462 -36.8 -37.8 90 1.0 -37.0 248 59 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.3 0.49 16 250 10697 -46.9 -47.2 97 0.3 -46.9 248 53 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12134 -58.8 -58.9 99 0.1 -58.8 262 56 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07 18 150 13920 -62.5 -76.8 13 14.3 -62.6 255 66 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16396 -64.9 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 265 50 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.63 m Freezing level: 627.18 mb = 3960.92 m = 12994.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.78 mb = 3845.53 m = 12616.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.27 mb = 638.83 m = 2095.88 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.65 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.91 mb = 2729.84 m = 8956.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.87 C = 91.17 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.87 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 36.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7368.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.83 mb = 1099.19 m = 3606.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 53.4 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 931.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 931.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 310.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.2 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 326.28 m/s