MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36,-95.16 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 975 249 22.1 18.6 81 3.5 19.7 173 18 297.4 299.9 293.8 337.9 13.99 2 950 476 19.9 17.7 87 2.2 18.4 180 32 297.4 299.9 293.5 336.6 13.54 3 900 942 17.7 16.4 92 1.3 16.8 201 42 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.1 13.12 4 850 1431 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 227 47 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.79 5 800 1946 13.2 8.5 73 4.7 10.3 238 48 305.2 306.9 292.1 331.5 8.73 6 750 2486 9.6 2.8 62 6.8 5.8 247 48 307.0 308.2 290.6 326.1 6.24 7 700 3056 7.8 -9.2 29 17.0 0.3 248 47 311.1 311.6 288.6 319.8 2.72 8 650 3663 4.3 -12.3 29 16.6 -2.4 240 45 313.9 314.3 289.2 321.3 2.29 9 600 4309 -0.2 -16.8 27 16.7 -6.2 245 44 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.6 1.70 10 550 4998 -5.3 -21.7 26 16.4 -10.3 259 48 317.8 318.0 289.3 322.0 1.23 11 500 5739 -10.5 -22.9 35 12.4 -14.0 262 58 320.3 320.5 290.1 324.5 1.21 12 450 6540 -16.6 -23.9 53 7.4 -18.5 263 62 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.7 1.23 13 400 7413 -23.7 -27.6 70 3.9 -24.5 268 65 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 0.99 14 350 8372 -31.7 -33.6 83 1.9 -31.9 272 70 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.4 0.64 15 300 9442 -40.4 -41.5 89 1.1 -40.5 276 74 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.7 0.33 16 250 10657 -51.0 -51.5 95 0.5 -51.0 280 87 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.13 17 200 12079 -57.1 -65.3 34 8.3 -57.2 290 86 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.03 18 150 13891 -59.3 -78.0 7 18.7 -59.6 285 64 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16412 -62.9 -83.6 4 20.7 -63.1 306 43 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.75 m Freezing level: 602.14 mb = 4281.20 m = 14045.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.86 mb = 3128.61 m = 10264.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.84 mb = 688.71 m = 2259.53 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 18.29 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1652.70 m = 5422.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 22.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1054.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.30 mb = 976.82 m = 3204.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.30 mb = 4027.50 m = 13213.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.30 mb = 11728.66 m = 38479.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1034.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.30 mb = 14262.87 m = 46793.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 635.9 neg: -12.3 tot: 623.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.78 Bulk Shear: 220.63 m/s