MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-96.66 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 970 280 22.0 12.2 54 9.8 15.8 144 17 297.8 299.4 290.2 324.7 9.23 2 950 455 20.0 10.3 54 9.7 14.1 150 26 297.5 299.0 289.3 321.7 8.31 3 900 917 16.0 7.9 59 8.1 11.2 164 29 298.0 299.3 288.6 319.7 7.43 4 850 1400 12.2 4.1 58 8.1 7.8 180 30 299.0 300.1 287.7 316.9 6.06 5 800 1904 8.4 -0.5 54 8.9 3.9 194 33 300.1 300.9 286.7 313.9 4.61 6 750 2433 4.1 -5.6 49 9.7 -0.2 201 35 301.0 301.6 285.8 311.2 3.34 7 700 2989 -1.2 -8.1 59 6.9 -4.0 202 35 301.2 301.8 285.4 310.3 2.97 8 650 3575 -5.4 -11.7 61 6.3 -7.7 204 33 302.9 303.3 285.4 310.4 2.40 9 600 4199 -9.0 -16.9 52 8.0 -11.5 212 32 305.7 306.0 285.7 311.1 1.69 10 550 4866 -13.9 -20.5 57 6.6 -15.6 217 30 307.6 307.9 286.1 312.0 1.36 11 500 5582 -19.6 -22.7 76 3.1 -20.3 223 31 309.2 309.4 286.5 313.3 1.24 12 450 6356 -25.2 -30.0 65 4.7 -26.0 223 35 311.5 311.7 286.7 314.0 0.71 13 400 7202 -30.2 -44.8 23 14.6 -31.6 214 35 315.7 315.7 287.5 316.4 0.18 14 350 8141 -35.2 -54.2 13 19.0 -36.3 206 39 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.6 0.07 15 300 9204 -39.5 -65.5 5 26.0 -40.4 207 49 329.7 329.8 291.7 329.8 0.02 16 250 10441 -43.0 -69.6 4 26.6 -43.8 225 46 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.01 17 200 11933 -46.1 -76.2 2 30.1 -46.9 224 45 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 13827 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 235 40 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16406 -60.7 -84.0 3 23.3 -61.0 256 35 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.26 m Freezing level: 710.99 mb = 2866.96 m = 9405.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.58 mb = 2405.33 m = 7891.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.42 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.85 mb = 1509.69 m = 4953.00 ft T: 11.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.78 mb = 2156.37 m = 7074.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.54 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 28.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.08 mb = 1841.34 m = 6041.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.08 mb = 2529.88 m = 8300.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 371.08 mb = 7729.83 m = 25360.02 ft B at Equ Level: 470.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.08 mb = 9891.78 m = 32452.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.9 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 231.9 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 232.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 6.06 Bulk Shear: 78.09 m/s