MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-96.61 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -96.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 979 279 17.2 13.1 77 4.1 14.7 137 13 292.1 293.9 288.7 319.8 9.73 2 950 538 16.1 12.1 78 3.9 13.7 142 24 293.5 295.2 288.9 320.4 9.40 3 900 999 16.9 14.4 85 2.5 15.3 180 36 298.9 301.0 292.4 332.5 11.52 4 850 1487 15.7 13.1 84 2.6 14.0 201 37 302.6 304.6 293.3 335.7 11.20 5 800 2001 13.4 8.9 74 4.5 10.6 212 35 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.5 8.98 6 750 2542 10.1 4.9 70 5.3 7.1 222 32 307.6 308.9 291.6 329.7 7.24 7 700 3113 6.9 1.5 68 5.4 3.9 237 34 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.0 6.10 8 650 3718 2.8 -0.7 78 3.5 1.0 242 38 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.6 5.59 9 600 4361 -1.9 -3.1 91 1.2 -2.6 249 31 313.9 314.8 291.7 329.9 5.06 10 550 5047 -6.8 -8.5 88 1.7 -7.5 256 34 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.8 3.65 11 500 5784 -11.8 -17.0 65 5.2 -13.5 256 44 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.4 2.02 12 450 6582 -17.1 -24.8 51 7.7 -19.0 257 45 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.6 1.13 13 400 7455 -23.3 -31.2 48 7.9 -24.8 260 48 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.71 14 350 8417 -30.7 -36.4 57 5.7 -31.5 260 56 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.48 15 300 9491 -39.3 -42.0 76 2.7 -39.5 255 59 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.32 16 250 10712 -49.5 -52.2 73 2.7 -49.6 252 63 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.12 17 200 12138 -60.1 -61.8 80 1.8 -60.1 259 64 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.05 18 150 13911 -63.2 -76.9 14 13.8 -63.3 265 64 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16389 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 273 42 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.14 m Freezing level: 620.52 mb = 4097.01 m = 13441.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.39 mb = 3887.93 m = 12755.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.09 mb = 801.60 m = 2629.88 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 6.72 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2547.98 m = 8359.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lifted Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.01 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5594.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.51 mb = 1147.38 m = 3764.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 514.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 514.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 206.58 m/s