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: 36.00,-95.48 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 981 186 24.0 19.4 75 4.6 20.8 172 22 298.8 301.4 294.6 341.2 14.57 2 950 468 20.9 18.3 85 2.6 19.1 179 36 298.4 300.9 294.1 339.2 14.05 3 900 935 18.6 16.5 88 2.0 17.2 201 43 300.6 303.1 294.2 339.6 13.26 4 850 1426 17.6 11.4 67 6.2 13.7 227 48 304.6 306.5 292.9 334.6 10.01 5 800 1942 13.9 6.8 62 7.1 9.7 239 50 306.0 307.5 291.6 329.5 7.77 6 750 2482 9.6 2.2 60 7.4 5.5 250 52 307.0 308.1 290.3 325.2 5.97 7 700 3051 7.0 -6.8 37 13.8 0.7 253 53 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.7 3.29 8 650 3658 4.9 -13.4 25 18.3 -2.4 244 48 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.4 2.09 9 600 4305 0.4 -20.1 20 20.5 -6.5 257 47 316.6 316.8 289.0 320.9 1.29 10 550 4996 -4.1 -21.9 24 17.8 -9.6 262 56 319.2 319.5 289.8 323.4 1.20 11 500 5740 -9.6 -23.1 32 13.6 -13.5 260 58 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.5 1.19 12 450 6543 -16.2 -24.5 49 8.3 -18.4 263 58 322.8 323.1 290.8 326.9 1.16 13 400 7417 -23.4 -29.0 60 5.6 -24.5 268 62 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.7 0.87 14 350 8378 -31.3 -35.6 65 4.3 -31.9 271 66 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.52 15 300 9449 -40.1 -43.0 74 2.9 -40.4 280 74 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.29 16 250 10665 -50.9 -52.3 84 1.5 -50.9 280 84 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.12 17 200 12087 -57.5 -64.1 43 6.5 -57.6 291 85 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 13892 -61.6 -77.4 11 15.8 -61.8 283 67 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16410 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.4 -60.9 308 36 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.61 m Freezing level: 595.72 mb = 4364.07 m = 14317.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.58 mb = 3185.97 m = 10452.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.25 mb = 771.07 m = 2529.72 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 18.89 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1714.11 m = 5623.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 24.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.11 mb = 1001.00 m = 3284.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.11 mb = 2391.88 m = 7847.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.11 mb = 3433.28 m = 11263.89 ft B at Equ Level: 27.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.11 mb = 14404.62 m = 47258.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 717.9 neg: -10.8 tot: 707.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.50 Bulk Shear: 284.40 m/s