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: 36.68,-95.79 Latitude: 36.68 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 972 240 28.2 17.8 53 10.5 20.9 188 23 303.9 306.3 295.1 343.3 13.27 2 950 439 26.4 16.1 53 10.3 19.4 193 37 304.0 306.3 294.4 340.4 12.23 3 900 913 22.3 14.2 60 8.1 16.9 202 44 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.4 11.35 4 850 1407 18.3 11.6 65 6.7 14.0 213 48 305.3 307.2 293.3 335.8 10.17 5 800 1924 14.2 8.7 69 5.5 10.8 224 51 306.3 308.0 292.6 333.1 8.87 6 750 2465 9.6 5.3 75 4.3 7.1 230 53 307.0 308.3 291.6 329.6 7.46 7 700 3033 5.0 0.3 72 4.7 2.5 235 56 308.0 309.1 290.3 325.3 5.60 8 650 3636 2.7 -10.1 38 12.8 -2.7 243 59 312.0 312.5 288.9 320.7 2.72 9 600 4278 -1.7 -15.7 33 14.1 -6.7 240 57 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.4 1.87 10 550 4963 -6.5 -24.9 22 18.4 -11.5 243 62 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.6 0.92 11 500 5701 -11.5 -33.6 14 22.1 -16.0 243 71 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.6 0.45 12 450 6498 -17.9 -38.5 15 20.6 -21.2 242 73 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.31 13 400 7366 -24.5 -43.3 16 18.8 -26.8 253 80 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.9 0.21 14 350 8325 -31.8 -44.2 28 12.5 -33.0 257 88 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.7 0.21 15 300 9394 -40.7 -46.9 51 6.2 -41.2 250 96 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 16 250 10608 -50.0 -55.5 52 5.5 -50.2 249 106 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.08 17 200 12040 -56.1 -65.9 28 9.7 -56.3 248 89 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13870 -56.5 -79.3 4 22.8 -56.8 254 50 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16397 -63.6 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.8 257 33 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.34 m Freezing level: 619.25 mb = 4030.53 m = 13223.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.92 mb = 3317.75 m = 10884.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.48 mb = 1564.40 m = 5132.49 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 23.71 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.74 mb = 2117.50 m = 6947.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1587.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.79 mb = 1851.88 m = 6075.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.79 mb = 2334.19 m = 7658.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.79 mb = 11672.06 m = 38293.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1572.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.79 mb = 14676.32 m = 48150.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 55.9 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 41.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 520.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 520.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.46 Bulk Rich Number: 9.50 Bulk Shear: 167.09 m/s