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,-95.4 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 980 202 23.5 19.2 77 4.3 20.5 172 21 298.4 301.0 294.4 340.4 14.43 2 950 470 20.7 18.1 86 2.5 18.9 179 35 298.1 300.7 294.0 338.6 13.92 3 900 937 18.3 16.5 89 1.8 17.1 201 43 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.2 13.23 4 850 1427 17.4 11.7 69 5.7 13.7 227 48 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.9 10.22 5 800 1943 13.8 7.3 65 6.5 9.9 239 49 305.8 307.3 291.7 330.0 8.02 6 750 2483 9.6 2.3 60 7.3 5.6 249 51 307.0 308.1 290.4 325.4 6.03 7 700 3052 7.2 -7.3 35 14.5 0.6 252 52 310.5 311.1 288.9 320.5 3.15 8 650 3660 4.7 -13.1 26 17.8 -2.4 243 47 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.4 2.14 9 600 4306 0.2 -19.2 22 19.4 -6.4 254 46 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.1 1.40 10 550 4997 -4.4 -21.8 24 17.4 -9.8 262 54 318.9 319.1 289.7 323.0 1.21 11 500 5740 -9.8 -23.1 33 13.3 -13.6 260 58 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.19 12 450 6542 -16.3 -24.4 50 8.1 -18.4 263 59 322.7 323.0 290.8 326.8 1.18 13 400 7416 -23.5 -28.6 62 5.2 -24.5 268 63 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.7 0.90 14 350 8377 -31.4 -35.1 70 3.7 -31.9 271 67 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.4 0.55 15 300 9447 -40.2 -42.6 78 2.4 -40.4 279 74 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.30 16 250 10663 -50.9 -52.1 87 1.2 -51.0 280 84 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.12 17 200 12085 -57.4 -64.3 41 6.9 -57.5 291 85 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 13892 -61.1 -77.5 10 16.4 -61.2 284 66 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16410 -61.2 -83.8 3 22.6 -61.4 307 38 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.64 m Freezing level: 597.43 mb = 4341.48 m = 14243.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.06 mb = 3169.63 m = 10398.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.76 mb = 749.32 m = 2458.36 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.24 mb = 1699.18 m = 5574.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 24.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1213.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.92 mb = 994.81 m = 3263.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.92 mb = 2383.90 m = 7821.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 678.92 mb = 3303.00 m = 10836.50 ft B at Equ Level: 19.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.92 mb = 14368.31 m = 47139.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 697.1 neg: -11.9 tot: 685.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.99 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 267.31 m/s