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: 37.28,-95.79 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 SFC 970 278 24.8 18.8 69 6.0 20.6 186 24 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.3 14.22 2 950 454 22.5 17.7 74 4.8 19.2 189 37 300.1 302.5 294.2 339.6 13.53 3 900 922 18.1 16.3 89 1.8 16.9 195 44 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.5 13.07 4 850 1410 14.6 14.0 96 0.7 14.2 206 48 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.5 11.88 5 800 1923 15.4 -0.6 33 16.0 7.0 227 54 307.6 308.4 289.3 321.8 4.58 6 750 2467 11.7 -4.3 32 16.0 3.9 225 55 309.3 310.0 289.0 321.0 3.72 7 700 3038 7.2 -9.6 29 16.8 -0.0 225 53 310.5 311.0 288.4 318.9 2.64 8 650 3643 2.8 -14.3 27 17.1 -3.7 226 52 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.6 1.95 9 600 4285 -1.6 -14.8 36 13.2 -6.5 228 52 314.3 314.7 289.0 320.9 2.03 10 550 4971 -6.5 -14.8 52 8.3 -9.5 232 56 316.4 316.8 289.9 323.6 2.20 11 500 5708 -12.3 -16.1 73 3.8 -13.6 236 60 318.1 318.5 290.3 325.3 2.18 12 450 6504 -18.0 -29.6 36 11.6 -20.4 239 64 320.6 320.7 289.7 323.2 0.73 13 400 7372 -24.9 -32.8 48 7.9 -26.2 235 67 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.8 0.61 14 350 8328 -32.6 -36.2 70 3.6 -33.1 243 79 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.50 15 300 9394 -41.2 -41.9 93 0.7 -41.2 244 87 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.32 16 250 10607 -50.2 -52.5 76 2.4 -50.3 243 98 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.12 17 200 12039 -56.0 -66.0 28 9.9 -56.2 252 87 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13865 -57.3 -78.9 5 21.6 -57.6 264 49 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16398 -63.1 -83.7 5 20.6 -63.3 265 42 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.16 m Freezing level: 617.95 mb = 4054.26 m = 13301.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.49 mb = 3032.63 m = 9949.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.31 mb = 1033.67 m = 3391.28 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 23.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1229.51 m = 4033.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 26.24 C K Index: 24.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1570.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.22 mb = 1140.93 m = 3743.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.22 mb = 1387.69 m = 4552.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 842.22 mb = 1487.79 m = 4881.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 832.22 mb = 1588.91 m = 5212.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.5 neg: -16.5 tot: 424.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.32 Bulk Rich Number: 13.08 Bulk Shear: 120.08 m/s