MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-95.32 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 977 236 23.1 19.4 79 3.7 20.5 183 22 298.3 300.9 294.5 340.8 14.65 2 950 477 20.6 18.2 86 2.3 19.0 186 37 298.1 300.6 294.0 338.8 14.01 3 900 943 17.0 16.8 98 0.3 16.9 194 44 299.1 301.5 293.9 338.4 13.48 4 850 1431 15.7 13.4 86 2.3 14.2 210 47 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.4 11.43 5 800 1947 15.3 8.3 63 7.0 11.0 224 51 307.4 309.1 292.7 333.6 8.63 6 750 2491 11.0 6.9 75 4.2 8.5 225 52 308.6 310.1 292.8 334.0 8.34 7 700 3063 6.5 2.1 73 4.4 4.1 226 54 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.4 6.38 8 650 3666 2.6 -14.3 27 17.0 -3.8 231 53 312.0 312.3 288.2 318.3 1.94 9 600 4308 -1.3 -17.4 28 16.1 -6.9 235 53 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.0 1.62 10 550 4996 -5.7 -16.7 42 11.0 -9.5 236 53 317.4 317.7 289.9 323.7 1.89 11 500 5736 -10.8 -16.5 63 5.7 -12.8 238 59 319.9 320.3 290.8 326.9 2.11 12 450 6537 -16.7 -31.8 26 15.1 -19.7 246 61 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.4 0.59 13 400 7409 -24.0 -32.2 47 8.2 -25.5 242 61 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.1 0.64 14 350 8367 -31.6 -35.7 67 4.1 -32.1 244 70 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.0 0.52 15 300 9438 -40.2 -43.2 73 3.0 -40.4 246 79 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.28 16 250 10655 -50.0 -52.3 77 2.3 -50.1 249 87 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.12 17 200 12087 -57.0 -65.1 35 8.1 -57.2 255 73 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 18 150 13896 -57.9 -78.6 5 20.6 -58.2 261 48 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16407 -64.8 -83.5 6 18.7 -65.0 269 41 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.32 m Freezing level: 616.52 mb = 4096.28 m = 13439.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.95 mb = 3371.58 m = 11061.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.94 mb = 707.69 m = 2321.80 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.70 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 939.38 m = 3081.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.92 C = 75.06 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1304.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.43 mb = 900.85 m = 2955.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.43 mb = 2835.69 m = 9303.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.43 mb = 11791.66 m = 38686.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1288.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.43 mb = 14349.01 m = 47076.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 482.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 482.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.72 Bulk Rich Number: 9.16 Bulk Shear: 142.47 m/s