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: 36.54,-94.37 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 967 355 15.6 13.1 85 2.4 14.0 144 11 291.5 293.2 288.5 319.4 9.85 2 950 507 15.4 11.7 79 3.7 13.1 146 22 292.8 294.4 288.3 318.8 9.12 3 900 963 12.2 9.6 84 2.5 10.7 153 33 294.1 295.6 288.2 318.2 8.39 4 850 1440 9.0 7.7 92 1.3 8.2 170 39 295.6 297.0 288.1 318.1 7.76 5 800 1941 6.7 6.5 99 0.1 6.6 195 40 298.2 299.6 288.9 320.6 7.62 6 750 2470 4.6 4.6 100 0.0 4.6 201 39 301.6 302.9 289.6 322.7 7.09 7 700 3031 2.4 -4.3 61 6.8 -0.7 196 42 305.2 305.9 287.9 317.4 3.96 8 650 3626 -0.6 -17.5 27 16.9 -6.2 195 46 308.3 308.5 286.4 313.1 1.49 9 600 4260 -5.4 -22.6 24 17.3 -10.2 194 50 309.9 310.1 286.5 313.4 1.04 10 550 4935 -10.8 -27.8 23 17.0 -14.7 193 54 311.3 311.4 286.6 313.7 0.71 11 500 5659 -16.8 -33.1 23 16.3 -19.7 193 58 312.6 312.7 286.8 314.2 0.47 12 450 6441 -22.6 -34.6 33 11.9 -24.5 192 66 314.8 314.9 287.6 316.4 0.45 13 400 7297 -26.5 -45.3 15 18.8 -28.5 190 76 320.5 320.6 289.1 321.2 0.17 14 350 8249 -32.9 -48.6 19 15.7 -34.1 196 80 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.9 0.13 15 300 9316 -40.5 -54.6 21 14.1 -41.2 193 83 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 16 250 10537 -48.0 -61.1 21 13.1 -48.4 205 86 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.04 17 200 11985 -54.1 -70.1 12 16.0 -54.4 204 66 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13838 -52.6 -80.4 2 27.8 -53.1 230 57 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16412 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.6 250 28 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.46 m Freezing level: 660.03 mb = 3506.84 m = 11505.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.48 mb = 2955.95 m = 9697.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.88 % Est. max temperature: 21.32 C = 70.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.70 mb = 662.08 m = 2172.14 ft T: 14.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 9.58 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1377.38 m = 4518.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.40 C = 66.92 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8127.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.85 mb = 1161.87 m = 3811.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.5 at 45.6 knts Storm direction: 219.5 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 135.83 m/s