MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.44,-95.38 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 981 227 16.0 12.5 80 3.4 13.8 151 16 290.7 292.4 287.8 317.1 9.34 2 950 500 14.0 11.1 82 3.0 12.3 152 30 291.4 293.0 287.5 316.2 8.74 3 900 954 10.6 9.6 93 1.0 10.0 160 40 292.5 294.0 287.5 316.4 8.37 4 850 1430 9.6 8.2 91 1.4 8.8 189 47 296.2 297.7 288.6 319.6 8.06 5 800 1934 7.8 7.3 97 0.5 7.6 196 40 299.5 301.0 289.8 323.3 8.07 6 750 2465 6.5 2.2 74 4.4 4.2 192 44 303.7 304.8 289.3 321.7 5.97 7 700 3029 3.2 -3.0 64 6.2 0.2 189 47 306.0 306.8 288.6 319.4 4.37 8 650 3626 -0.4 -6.5 63 6.1 -3.1 188 51 308.5 309.2 288.7 319.9 3.63 9 600 4260 -5.4 -10.2 69 4.8 -7.3 188 55 309.9 310.4 288.5 319.2 2.93 10 550 4936 -11.0 -13.4 82 2.5 -11.8 188 59 311.1 311.5 288.4 319.0 2.46 11 500 5660 -16.7 -24.6 50 7.9 -18.5 190 62 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.2 1.05 12 450 6444 -21.2 -36.5 24 15.2 -23.5 193 70 316.6 316.6 288.1 317.9 0.37 13 400 7304 -26.1 -43.1 19 17.0 -28.0 190 76 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.21 14 350 8258 -32.5 -47.8 20 15.3 -33.8 200 87 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.14 15 300 9325 -40.7 -53.2 25 12.5 -41.3 205 89 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.09 16 250 10544 -48.3 -59.9 25 11.6 -48.7 206 88 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 11991 -53.5 -69.5 13 15.9 -53.8 212 66 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13842 -53.0 -80.5 2 27.5 -53.4 233 51 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16417 -61.4 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.6 239 22 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5595.50 m Freezing level: 655.34 mb = 3562.17 m = 11686.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.02 mb = 3062.98 m = 10049.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.29 % Est. max temperature: 22.66 C = 72.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.98 mb = 661.16 m = 2169.13 ft T: 12.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 3.81 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1639.05 m = 5377.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.80 C = 73.04 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.20 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 28.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10118.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.03 mb = 953.97 m = 3129.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.5 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 216.5 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.1 neg: -12.5 tot: 371.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 122.72 m/s