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: 37.08,-95.71 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 258 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.8 186 24 300.4 303.0 294.9 342.4 14.34 2 950 460 22.3 17.8 76 4.5 19.2 189 37 299.8 302.3 294.2 339.6 13.62 3 900 928 17.9 16.5 92 1.4 17.0 195 44 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.7 13.24 4 850 1416 14.7 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 207 47 301.5 303.7 293.6 336.9 12.02 5 800 1929 15.3 2.6 42 12.8 8.2 228 53 307.5 308.6 290.3 325.2 5.77 6 750 2473 11.7 -1.1 41 12.7 5.1 226 55 309.3 310.2 290.0 324.0 4.72 7 700 3045 7.1 -7.1 36 14.2 0.7 225 55 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.5 3.21 8 650 3649 2.8 -15.0 26 17.8 -3.8 227 53 312.2 312.5 288.1 318.2 1.83 9 600 4291 -1.4 -15.3 34 13.9 -6.5 230 53 314.5 314.8 289.0 320.8 1.93 10 550 4978 -6.3 -15.5 48 9.2 -9.5 233 56 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.5 2.09 11 500 5715 -12.0 -15.3 77 3.3 -13.1 237 61 318.4 318.9 290.6 326.1 2.33 12 450 6512 -17.8 -30.2 33 12.4 -20.4 241 64 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.3 0.69 13 400 7381 -24.7 -32.7 47 8.1 -26.1 237 66 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.61 14 350 8338 -32.3 -36.2 69 3.8 -32.8 243 78 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.50 15 300 9405 -40.9 -42.3 86 1.4 -41.0 245 86 327.8 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 16 250 10619 -50.2 -52.4 77 2.2 -50.3 245 95 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.12 17 200 12051 -56.1 -65.9 28 9.8 -56.3 252 84 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13875 -57.4 -78.9 5 21.6 -57.6 264 47 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16400 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.1 261 42 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.72 m Freezing level: 616.90 mb = 4073.81 m = 13365.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.64 mb = 3130.81 m = 10271.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.93 mb = 995.13 m = 3264.83 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 24.24 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1177.75 m = 3863.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.38 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.15 C K Index: 26.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1553.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.07 mb = 1089.90 m = 3575.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.07 mb = 1334.94 m = 4379.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.07 mb = 1535.28 m = 5036.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 828.07 mb = 1636.95 m = 5370.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 52.7 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 439.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 429.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.24 Bulk Rich Number: 12.18 Bulk Shear: 127.58 m/s