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: 36.88,-95.87 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 974 249 26.2 18.7 64 7.4 21.0 189 24 301.6 304.2 295.1 343.2 14.12 2 950 461 23.1 17.5 71 5.6 19.2 192 37 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.8 13.36 3 900 930 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 197 43 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.9 13.01 4 850 1419 14.8 14.3 96 0.6 14.4 206 45 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.4 12.11 5 800 1932 15.1 2.5 43 12.6 8.1 228 52 307.3 308.3 290.2 324.9 5.74 6 750 2476 11.9 -3.4 34 15.3 4.2 227 55 309.5 310.2 289.3 321.8 3.95 7 700 3048 7.3 -8.6 31 15.8 0.3 226 54 310.5 311.1 288.6 319.7 2.86 8 650 3652 3.0 -14.7 26 17.7 -3.7 228 53 312.3 312.7 288.2 318.5 1.88 9 600 4294 -1.4 -15.3 34 13.9 -6.5 232 53 314.5 314.8 289.0 320.9 1.94 10 550 4981 -6.3 -15.6 48 9.3 -9.6 234 56 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.5 2.06 11 500 5719 -11.9 -15.2 77 3.3 -13.0 238 61 318.5 319.0 290.6 326.3 2.35 12 450 6516 -17.7 -30.4 32 12.7 -20.3 241 64 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.68 13 400 7385 -24.6 -32.7 47 8.1 -25.9 238 66 323.0 323.2 290.3 325.2 0.61 14 350 8342 -32.2 -36.0 69 3.8 -32.7 244 79 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.1 0.50 15 300 9409 -40.9 -42.2 87 1.3 -41.0 245 86 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 16 250 10623 -50.2 -52.3 78 2.1 -50.3 245 94 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 17 200 12056 -56.2 -65.9 29 9.7 -56.3 253 84 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13880 -56.9 -79.0 4 22.1 -57.2 264 48 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16405 -64.3 -83.6 5 19.3 -64.5 261 39 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.44 m Freezing level: 616.34 mb = 4084.49 m = 13400.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.47 mb = 3088.86 m = 10133.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.56 mb = 1185.05 m = 3887.90 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 24.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1293.98 m = 4245.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 26.18 C K Index: 25.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 492.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1596.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.89 mb = 1221.08 m = 4006.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.89 mb = 1369.73 m = 4493.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.89 mb = 1570.57 m = 5152.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 824.89 mb = 1672.57 m = 5487.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 52.3 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 39.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.2 neg: -9.3 tot: 399.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.04 Bulk Rich Number: 13.54 Bulk Shear: 117.85 m/s