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: 37.69,-95.40 Latitude: 37.69 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 9 SFC 967 298 22.1 18.0 77 4.2 19.3 185 19 298.1 300.6 293.7 337.5 13.54 2 950 452 20.0 17.3 84 2.7 18.2 187 29 297.5 299.9 293.3 335.8 13.22 3 900 916 16.2 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 197 35 298.2 300.5 293.1 335.2 12.75 4 850 1402 15.5 10.8 74 4.6 12.6 230 38 302.4 304.1 292.0 331.0 9.65 5 800 1914 12.0 6.4 68 5.6 8.7 237 42 303.9 305.3 290.7 326.6 7.54 6 750 2452 9.0 -2.7 44 11.7 3.2 242 42 306.4 307.2 288.5 319.3 4.18 7 700 3019 5.5 -7.6 38 13.0 -0.3 247 46 308.5 309.1 288.2 318.3 3.09 8 650 3620 1.7 -11.3 37 13.0 -3.6 245 53 310.8 311.3 288.3 318.8 2.47 9 600 4260 -2.8 -17.2 32 14.3 -7.7 242 52 312.8 313.1 288.2 318.3 1.65 10 550 4943 -7.2 -22.9 27 15.6 -11.7 251 47 315.5 315.7 288.5 319.3 1.10 11 500 5679 -11.6 -28.4 23 16.8 -15.6 255 59 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.73 12 450 6478 -17.1 -36.2 17 19.2 -20.4 254 62 321.8 321.8 289.7 323.2 0.38 13 400 7349 -24.1 -42.1 17 17.9 -26.4 256 59 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.24 14 350 8306 -32.6 -40.0 47 7.5 -33.4 261 64 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.34 15 300 9370 -41.7 -41.6 100 -0.0 -41.6 268 75 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.33 16 250 10580 -51.1 -53.9 72 2.8 -51.2 271 98 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.10 17 200 12013 -54.5 -70.8 12 16.2 -54.8 279 76 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 13837 -58.2 -78.8 5 20.6 -58.5 277 67 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16381 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.3 296 48 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.11 m Freezing level: 631.62 mb = 3855.47 m = 12649.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.27 mb = 2969.24 m = 9741.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.01 mb = 820.74 m = 2692.69 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.18 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1523.37 m = 4997.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.09 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 24.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1012.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.90 mb = 992.63 m = 3256.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.90 mb = 2596.54 m = 8518.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.90 mb = 11202.72 m = 36753.89 ft B at Equ Level: 992.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.90 mb = 13551.51 m = 44459.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 402.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 5.73 Bulk Shear: 176.87 m/s