MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.95,-94.37 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 968 340 22.8 18.3 75 4.6 19.7 201 14 298.8 301.3 294.0 338.9 13.77 2 950 501 21.0 17.1 78 3.9 18.4 204 21 298.5 300.9 293.4 336.5 13.04 3 900 968 19.5 14.5 73 5.0 16.2 226 31 301.6 303.8 293.3 335.9 11.61 4 850 1460 17.9 11.1 64 6.8 13.6 231 28 304.9 306.7 292.9 334.3 9.80 5 800 1977 14.9 8.9 67 6.0 11.2 231 22 307.0 308.7 292.9 334.2 8.97 6 750 2519 10.6 5.8 72 4.8 7.8 234 22 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.8 7.75 7 700 3091 6.4 2.9 78 3.5 4.4 234 28 309.6 310.8 291.8 330.3 6.74 8 650 3695 2.3 -2.7 70 5.0 -0.2 234 34 311.6 312.5 290.8 326.8 4.84 9 600 4336 -2.9 -7.7 70 4.7 -5.0 234 37 312.7 313.4 290.0 324.1 3.58 10 550 5018 -8.1 -10.4 84 2.2 -9.0 229 41 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.6 3.16 11 500 5752 -13.3 -15.9 81 2.6 -14.2 223 46 316.9 317.3 290.0 324.2 2.22 12 450 6545 -18.9 -20.3 89 1.3 -19.3 222 48 319.4 319.8 290.3 325.2 1.70 13 400 7414 -23.5 -25.3 86 1.7 -23.9 229 55 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.7 1.22 14 350 8378 -29.9 -34.1 67 4.2 -30.6 229 66 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.6 0.61 15 300 9457 -37.9 -41.4 69 3.5 -38.2 233 76 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.34 16 250 10687 -47.7 -47.9 98 0.2 -47.7 238 90 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.20 17 200 12131 -53.3 -68.1 15 14.8 -53.7 243 97 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13968 -58.3 -78.8 6 20.5 -58.6 252 67 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16456 -67.8 -83.8 8 16.1 -67.9 249 38 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.00 m Freezing level: 627.87 mb = 3978.29 m = 13051.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.71 mb = 3673.21 m = 12051.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.96 mb = 920.35 m = 3019.49 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.00 mb = 2243.56 m = 7360.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 862.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.31 mb = 1416.09 m = 4645.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.31 mb = 3098.61 m = 10165.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.31 mb = 10705.21 m = 35121.67 ft B at Equ Level: 859.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.31 mb = 13194.80 m = 43289.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.9 neg: -24.5 tot: 107.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 35.25 Bulk Shear: 24.47 m/s