MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.10,-94.21 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 961 412 13.1 10.0 82 3.1 11.3 154 13 289.5 290.9 286.1 312.2 8.05 2 950 508 13.3 8.8 74 4.5 10.7 155 22 290.7 292.1 286.1 312.1 7.51 3 900 962 13.0 8.5 74 4.5 10.4 173 47 294.9 296.3 287.9 317.4 7.78 4 850 1446 14.2 11.9 86 2.3 12.7 199 51 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.6 10.35 5 800 1957 12.1 9.6 84 2.6 10.6 216 48 304.1 305.8 292.3 332.2 9.41 6 750 2496 9.0 6.5 84 2.6 7.5 228 50 306.4 307.9 292.0 330.9 8.09 7 700 3065 5.3 4.4 94 0.9 4.8 235 56 308.3 309.7 292.1 331.3 7.52 8 650 3667 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 238 55 310.9 312.1 292.0 331.1 6.53 9 600 4309 -1.9 -2.6 95 0.7 -2.3 242 54 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.5 5.26 10 550 4996 -5.3 -5.9 96 0.6 -5.6 249 54 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.2 4.48 11 500 5739 -9.3 -10.1 94 0.8 -9.6 249 50 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.4 3.56 12 450 6545 -14.8 -15.7 93 0.9 -15.2 250 51 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.1 2.50 13 400 7426 -20.8 -21.6 93 0.8 -21.0 250 52 328.0 328.3 292.7 333.9 1.70 14 350 8399 -28.0 -28.4 96 0.4 -28.0 247 55 331.1 331.3 293.0 334.9 1.05 15 300 9485 -36.9 -36.9 100 -0.0 -36.9 246 58 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.4 0.54 16 250 10717 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 249 61 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12148 -59.9 -60.0 99 0.1 -59.9 252 63 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.06 18 150 13894 -65.6 -74.5 28 8.9 -65.7 255 80 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16385 -65.2 -83.6 6 18.4 -65.4 277 34 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.96 m Freezing level: 626.42 mb = 3969.57 m = 13023.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.74 mb = 3920.78 m = 12863.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.59 mb = 799.55 m = 2623.18 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 1.33 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.32 mb = 3025.56 m = 9926.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 7.18 C Lifted Index: 8.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.84 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8575.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.13 mb = 1385.10 m = 4544.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 924.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 924.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 308.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.0 stream: 13.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 289.24 m/s