MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.2,-94.18 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 961 410 15.1 12.8 86 2.2 13.7 132 13 291.5 293.3 288.4 319.1 9.71 2 950 506 15.5 12.2 81 3.3 13.4 135 22 292.9 294.6 288.6 319.7 9.41 3 900 963 13.7 9.6 76 4.2 11.3 154 37 295.7 297.2 288.7 319.8 8.35 4 850 1444 11.6 6.0 69 5.6 8.4 178 32 298.3 299.5 288.3 318.6 6.91 5 800 1948 8.0 0.7 60 7.3 4.3 198 30 299.7 300.6 287.0 314.7 5.03 6 750 2476 3.8 -3.9 57 7.7 0.3 209 31 300.7 301.4 286.1 312.2 3.82 7 700 3032 -0.4 -7.3 60 6.9 -3.3 210 33 302.0 302.6 285.9 311.7 3.15 8 650 3621 -3.9 -11.1 58 7.1 -6.6 204 38 304.5 305.0 286.2 312.4 2.52 9 600 4247 -8.6 -16.4 53 7.8 -11.1 204 47 306.2 306.5 286.0 311.8 1.77 10 550 4916 -13.2 -19.9 57 6.7 -15.0 201 53 308.5 308.7 286.5 313.2 1.44 11 500 5635 -18.2 -23.1 66 4.9 -19.4 197 59 310.8 311.0 287.0 314.8 1.19 12 450 6413 -23.7 -27.1 74 3.3 -24.4 194 64 313.4 313.6 287.6 316.5 0.92 13 400 7263 -29.3 -31.2 83 1.9 -29.6 195 67 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.3 0.70 14 350 8205 -35.2 -37.6 79 2.4 -35.5 190 73 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.43 15 300 9267 -40.3 -56.4 16 16.1 -41.1 199 78 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.06 16 250 10496 -44.6 -66.9 6 22.4 -45.2 210 61 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 17 200 11979 -48.3 -74.6 3 26.3 -48.8 211 55 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 13849 -52.8 -80.4 2 27.6 -53.2 240 48 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16425 -61.3 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.5 255 24 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.97 m Freezing level: 705.26 mb = 2973.95 m = 9756.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.44 mb = 2514.77 m = 8250.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.92 % Est. max temperature: 22.81 C = 73.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.03 mb = 694.66 m = 2279.05 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.14 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 1931.81 m = 6337.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 28.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.65 mb = 1378.41 m = 4522.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.65 mb = 2787.06 m = 9143.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 401.65 mb = 7233.38 m = 23731.26 ft B at Equ Level: 211.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.65 mb = 9229.03 m = 30278.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.8 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 225.8 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 146.18 m/s