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: 38.33,-95.40 Latitude: 38.33 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 3 SFC 964 316 21.9 17.3 75 4.7 18.8 186 18 298.2 300.5 293.3 335.8 12.96 2 950 445 20.4 16.5 79 3.8 17.8 189 26 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.3 12.56 3 900 909 16.6 14.9 90 1.7 15.5 200 31 298.6 300.8 292.6 333.4 11.95 4 850 1395 14.2 11.3 83 2.9 12.4 228 35 301.0 302.8 291.8 330.3 9.93 5 800 1905 10.9 7.7 80 3.2 9.0 237 38 302.8 304.3 291.0 327.4 8.25 6 750 2441 7.9 -0.2 56 8.2 3.8 242 37 305.2 306.1 288.9 320.5 5.02 7 700 3007 4.6 -6.3 45 10.9 -0.3 244 38 307.6 308.2 288.2 318.2 3.41 8 650 3606 0.5 -9.8 46 10.4 -3.7 246 46 309.6 310.1 288.2 318.4 2.79 9 600 4243 -3.7 -16.3 37 12.5 -8.1 240 50 311.8 312.1 288.0 317.7 1.79 10 550 4923 -8.7 -21.9 33 13.2 -12.5 243 45 313.8 314.0 288.1 317.8 1.20 11 500 5655 -13.0 -30.5 22 17.5 -16.8 255 58 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.3 0.60 12 450 6451 -17.5 -38.1 15 20.6 -20.8 250 65 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.32 13 400 7321 -24.8 -40.7 21 16.0 -26.8 251 62 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.27 14 350 8275 -33.1 -40.1 50 7.0 -33.8 260 68 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.33 15 300 9338 -41.9 -42.8 91 0.9 -42.0 262 81 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.3 0.29 16 250 10547 -50.7 -56.5 50 5.8 -50.9 265 96 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 17 200 11983 -54.0 -71.5 10 17.4 -54.4 272 72 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13815 -56.3 -79.6 4 23.3 -56.6 278 68 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16366 -61.3 -84.1 3 22.8 -61.6 287 50 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.40 m Freezing level: 643.68 mb = 3686.34 m = 12094.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.04 mb = 2959.55 m = 9709.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.53 mb = 904.42 m = 2967.22 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 17.57 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1422.44 m = 4666.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.84 C = 76.70 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 27.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 948.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.66 mb = 1123.16 m = 3684.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.66 mb = 1981.71 m = 6501.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.66 mb = 11009.63 m = 36120.41 ft B at Equ Level: 925.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.66 mb = 13299.32 m = 43632.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 304.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 6.92 Bulk Shear: 137.15 m/s