MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-95.63 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 SFC 974 231 26.5 18.7 62 7.8 21.1 184 23 301.9 304.5 295.1 343.4 14.05 2 950 448 24.6 17.3 64 7.3 19.6 189 39 302.1 304.6 294.6 341.1 13.18 3 900 920 20.6 15.6 73 4.9 17.2 198 46 302.7 305.0 294.3 339.8 12.51 4 850 1412 17.2 13.3 78 3.9 14.6 212 50 304.1 306.2 293.8 337.9 11.34 5 800 1927 13.7 10.4 80 3.3 11.6 226 53 305.7 307.6 293.2 335.6 9.95 6 750 2468 9.3 7.1 86 2.3 8.0 234 55 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.3 8.46 7 700 3036 5.3 0.8 73 4.5 2.9 240 56 308.4 309.4 290.6 326.2 5.81 8 650 3640 3.2 -9.9 38 13.0 -2.4 245 59 312.6 313.1 289.2 321.5 2.78 9 600 4283 -1.2 -14.7 35 13.5 -6.2 242 57 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.5 2.04 10 550 4970 -5.8 -24.1 22 18.3 -11.0 243 61 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.6 0.99 11 500 5710 -10.8 -33.4 14 22.6 -15.6 241 68 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.46 12 450 6509 -17.4 -38.9 14 21.5 -20.8 241 68 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.29 13 400 7379 -24.1 -42.6 16 18.5 -26.4 255 76 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.22 14 350 8339 -31.4 -44.6 26 13.2 -32.7 258 85 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.21 15 300 9409 -40.6 -46.6 52 6.1 -41.0 249 91 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 16 250 10623 -50.3 -54.3 63 4.0 -50.5 247 100 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 17 200 12051 -57.1 -64.9 37 7.8 -57.2 251 85 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 18 150 13876 -56.4 -79.4 4 23.0 -56.7 256 50 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16399 -63.4 -83.7 5 20.3 -63.6 257 33 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.37 m Freezing level: 613.38 mb = 4110.99 m = 13487.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.34 mb = 3364.55 m = 11038.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.70 mb = 1224.42 m = 4017.07 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 22.78 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.35 mb = 1817.71 m = 5963.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1706.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.36 mb = 1468.28 m = 4817.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.36 mb = 2146.01 m = 7040.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.36 mb = 12071.05 m = 39602.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1679.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.36 mb = 14797.02 m = 48546.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 55.8 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 41.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 608.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 608.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.78 Bulk Rich Number: 8.81 Bulk Shear: 193.76 m/s