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: 36.12,-94.24 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -94.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 962 405 15.6 12.8 83 2.8 13.9 151 12 292.0 293.8 288.6 319.6 9.71 2 950 509 15.6 11.8 78 3.9 13.3 152 19 293.1 294.7 288.5 319.2 9.16 3 900 966 12.4 9.8 84 2.7 10.9 158 32 294.3 295.8 288.3 318.6 8.45 4 850 1443 9.1 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 167 38 295.7 297.1 288.2 318.4 7.84 5 800 1944 6.7 6.5 98 0.2 6.6 194 40 298.3 299.7 288.9 320.7 7.62 6 750 2474 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 206 40 302.2 303.6 290.0 324.1 7.32 7 700 3035 1.7 -1.8 78 3.5 0.0 198 43 304.4 305.3 288.4 319.0 4.79 8 650 3630 -0.5 -17.1 27 16.7 -6.1 200 48 308.4 308.7 286.5 313.4 1.53 9 600 4264 -5.1 -20.9 28 15.8 -9.8 198 52 310.3 310.5 286.8 314.2 1.20 10 550 4941 -10.5 -26.4 26 15.9 -14.3 197 57 311.6 311.8 286.9 314.4 0.81 11 500 5665 -16.3 -34.7 19 18.4 -19.5 197 61 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.7 0.40 12 450 6449 -21.3 -36.5 24 15.1 -23.6 195 70 316.4 316.5 288.0 317.8 0.37 13 400 7311 -25.6 -47.8 11 22.1 -27.8 197 77 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.13 14 350 8265 -32.3 -49.4 17 17.1 -33.6 202 87 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.12 15 300 9334 -40.2 -55.2 19 15.0 -40.9 199 82 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.07 16 250 10557 -47.7 -61.1 20 13.4 -48.1 206 85 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12006 -54.6 -69.8 14 15.2 -54.9 210 66 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13849 -53.1 -80.2 2 27.1 -53.5 230 58 378.6 378.6 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16418 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.3 -62.8 261 25 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.09 m Freezing level: 661.27 mb = 3496.16 m = 11470.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.84 mb = 3036.78 m = 9963.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.77 % Est. max temperature: 21.25 C = 70.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.07 mb = 761.03 m = 2496.78 ft T: 13.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 10.66 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.54 mb = 1418.21 m = 4652.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.17 C = 66.51 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8834.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.58 mb = 1224.17 m = 4016.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.4 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 223.4 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.5 neg: -4.8 tot: 365.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 140.99 m/s