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: 38.08,-95.43 Latitude: 38.08 Longitude: -95.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 965 313 22.4 17.7 74 4.8 19.2 187 18 298.6 301.0 293.7 337.4 13.31 2 950 447 20.6 17.0 80 3.6 18.2 190 27 298.1 300.4 293.2 335.6 12.92 3 900 912 16.4 15.6 95 0.9 15.8 199 32 298.4 300.7 293.0 334.7 12.45 4 850 1398 14.5 11.4 82 3.1 12.6 229 36 301.3 303.2 292.0 330.9 10.03 5 800 1909 11.2 7.5 78 3.7 9.0 237 39 303.1 304.6 291.0 327.5 8.17 6 750 2445 8.2 -0.9 52 9.2 3.6 242 39 305.5 306.4 288.8 320.2 4.77 7 700 3011 4.7 -6.6 44 11.3 -0.3 246 41 307.7 308.4 288.2 318.2 3.33 8 650 3611 1.0 -11.0 40 12.0 -3.8 246 49 310.1 310.6 288.2 318.2 2.54 9 600 4249 -3.3 -16.9 34 13.6 -7.9 239 51 312.2 312.6 288.1 317.8 1.69 10 550 4930 -8.2 -22.3 31 14.2 -12.2 247 46 314.4 314.6 288.2 318.3 1.16 11 500 5664 -12.4 -30.7 20 18.3 -16.4 255 59 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.1 0.59 12 450 6461 -17.2 -38.3 14 21.2 -20.7 251 63 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.8 0.31 13 400 7332 -24.4 -40.7 21 16.3 -26.5 254 61 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.3 0.27 14 350 8287 -32.9 -38.7 56 5.8 -33.5 261 68 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.38 15 300 9351 -41.9 -42.1 98 0.2 -41.9 265 79 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.32 16 250 10560 -50.9 -55.3 59 4.4 -51.0 268 98 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.08 17 200 11995 -54.4 -71.1 11 16.7 -54.6 275 74 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13823 -57.1 -79.3 4 22.1 -57.4 278 69 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16373 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.9 -61.4 290 49 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.94 m Freezing level: 638.63 mb = 3755.73 m = 12321.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.23 mb = 2961.64 m = 9716.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.91 mb = 913.10 m = 2995.71 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 19.17 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1366.88 m = 4484.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.88 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 26.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1064.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.89 mb = 1065.78 m = 3496.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.89 mb = 1920.08 m = 6299.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.89 mb = 11127.36 m = 36506.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1043.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.89 mb = 13457.07 m = 44149.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 7.13 Bulk Shear: 149.20 m/s