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: 36.68,-95.40 Latitude: 36.68 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 28 SFC 976 237 23.5 19.4 78 4.1 20.6 183 22 298.7 301.4 294.7 341.4 14.67 2 950 474 21.0 18.2 84 2.8 19.1 187 37 298.5 301.0 294.1 339.2 14.00 3 900 940 17.1 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 194 44 299.2 301.6 294.0 338.6 13.54 4 850 1427 15.2 13.8 92 1.4 14.3 209 47 302.0 304.2 293.5 336.7 11.75 5 800 1943 15.4 7.8 61 7.6 10.7 225 51 307.5 309.1 292.5 332.9 8.33 6 750 2486 11.2 6.2 71 5.0 8.2 225 53 308.7 310.2 292.5 333.0 7.94 7 700 3058 6.6 0.9 67 5.7 3.5 226 55 309.8 310.9 291.1 327.9 5.83 8 650 3662 2.7 -15.1 26 17.8 -4.0 230 53 312.0 312.3 288.1 317.9 1.82 9 600 4304 -1.3 -17.0 29 15.7 -6.8 234 53 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.2 1.68 10 550 4992 -5.8 -16.6 42 10.8 -9.5 235 54 317.2 317.6 289.8 323.6 1.90 11 500 5731 -11.1 -16.1 66 5.0 -12.8 238 60 319.5 320.0 290.8 326.8 2.18 12 450 6531 -17.0 -31.5 27 14.5 -19.9 245 62 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.1 0.61 13 400 7402 -24.2 -32.4 47 8.2 -25.6 241 62 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.63 14 350 8360 -31.8 -35.8 67 4.0 -32.3 244 72 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.52 15 300 9430 -40.3 -43.1 75 2.7 -40.6 246 80 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.28 16 250 10646 -50.1 -52.2 78 2.1 -50.2 248 88 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.12 17 200 12079 -56.7 -65.3 33 8.5 -56.9 255 75 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 13892 -57.8 -78.7 5 21.0 -58.0 262 47 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16405 -64.8 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.9 267 42 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.68 m Freezing level: 616.45 mb = 4092.85 m = 13427.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.43 mb = 3337.35 m = 10949.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.41 mb = 755.64 m = 2479.11 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 15.02 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 947.00 m = 3106.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1404.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.93 mb = 921.10 m = 3021.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.93 mb = 2860.22 m = 9383.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.93 mb = 11557.36 m = 37917.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1403.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.93 mb = 14456.71 m = 47429.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 51.8 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 38.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 468.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 468.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.94 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 138.56 m/s