MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-98.39 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 954 425 18.1 17.0 94 1.0 17.4 126 10 295.2 297.5 292.3 332.2 12.91 2 950 461 17.9 16.9 94 1.0 17.2 130 13 295.3 297.7 292.3 332.1 12.81 3 900 923 15.5 15.1 98 0.4 15.3 144 20 297.5 299.7 292.4 332.6 12.11 4 850 1408 13.8 12.9 95 0.8 13.3 194 21 300.6 302.6 292.6 333.2 11.09 5 800 1918 11.0 9.6 92 1.3 10.2 218 27 302.8 304.6 292.0 330.9 9.45 6 750 2454 7.6 6.4 92 1.2 6.9 225 30 304.8 306.3 291.5 329.0 8.06 7 700 3020 3.6 2.9 95 0.7 3.2 228 31 306.5 307.8 290.9 327.1 6.77 8 650 3621 1.0 -0.1 92 1.1 0.4 230 34 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.3 5.87 9 600 4264 -1.7 -3.3 89 1.5 -2.5 229 38 314.1 315.1 291.7 330.0 5.02 10 550 4952 -5.6 -6.8 91 1.2 -6.1 229 42 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.0 4.19 11 500 5694 -9.9 -11.0 92 1.0 -10.4 227 44 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.8 3.31 12 450 6499 -15.0 -15.8 93 0.8 -15.2 227 44 324.4 324.9 292.5 332.9 2.49 13 400 7380 -20.9 -21.3 96 0.5 -21.0 227 44 327.9 328.2 292.8 334.0 1.74 14 350 8352 -27.9 -28.0 99 0.1 -27.9 228 44 331.1 331.4 293.1 335.1 1.09 15 300 9439 -36.5 -36.5 100 -0.0 -36.5 228 43 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10674 -47.1 -47.1 100 -0.0 -47.1 229 47 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.22 17 200 12108 -59.9 -60.1 98 0.2 -59.9 229 58 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 18 150 13870 -61.3 -73.6 18 12.3 -61.4 254 57 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16366 -63.0 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 268 34 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.89 m Freezing level: 631.56 mb = 3858.02 m = 12657.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3712.22 m = 12179.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.57 mb = 555.12 m = 1821.25 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 6.04 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1142.81 m = 3749.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.74 C = 71.13 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: 0.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.17 mb = 977.79 m = 3207.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.17 mb = 2137.10 m = 7011.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.17 mb = 5552.54 m = 18216.77 ft B at Equ Level: 97.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.17 mb = 8784.58 m = 28820.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 164.69 m/s