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: 36.74,-95.24 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 245 23.4 19.2 77 4.2 20.5 181 23 298.9 301.6 294.6 341.3 14.57 2 950 454 22.0 18.1 79 3.9 19.3 186 40 299.5 302.0 294.3 340.0 13.89 3 900 922 18.4 16.6 89 1.8 17.2 196 48 300.4 302.9 294.2 339.4 13.30 4 850 1412 16.1 14.0 87 2.1 14.7 215 53 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.2 11.88 5 800 1925 13.1 10.6 85 2.5 11.5 229 55 305.1 307.0 293.1 335.3 10.06 6 750 2466 9.9 4.6 69 5.4 6.9 236 55 307.4 308.7 291.4 329.0 7.09 7 700 3036 6.7 -4.4 45 11.1 1.4 240 55 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.3 3.95 8 650 3641 3.1 -10.1 37 13.2 -2.4 240 56 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.3 2.73 9 600 4283 -1.4 -13.2 40 11.8 -6.0 238 56 314.5 315.0 289.4 322.0 2.30 10 550 4970 -6.0 -19.2 34 13.2 -10.3 239 59 317.0 317.3 289.4 322.1 1.52 11 500 5709 -11.0 -29.0 21 18.0 -15.3 239 66 319.6 319.7 289.3 322.0 0.69 12 450 6508 -17.3 -36.8 17 19.5 -20.6 240 67 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.8 0.36 13 400 7378 -24.1 -41.8 18 17.7 -26.3 254 72 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.24 14 350 8338 -31.6 -44.6 27 13.0 -32.9 257 84 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.21 15 300 9408 -40.6 -46.0 56 5.4 -41.0 248 92 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.21 16 250 10621 -50.2 -54.3 62 4.1 -50.4 248 101 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12049 -57.1 -64.7 37 7.6 -57.2 250 84 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.03 18 150 13872 -57.3 -78.9 5 21.5 -57.6 255 49 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16394 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 262 36 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.90 m Freezing level: 615.49 mb = 4084.26 m = 13399.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.05 mb = 3247.95 m = 10655.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.19 mb = 777.42 m = 2550.57 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1435.04 m = 4708.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 30.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1555.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.71 mb = 1068.90 m = 3506.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.71 mb = 2140.44 m = 7022.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.71 mb = 11745.85 m = 38535.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1550.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.71 mb = 14775.76 m = 48476.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 55.5 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 41.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 639.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 639.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 213.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.91 Bulk Rich Number: 8.01 Bulk Shear: 194.21 m/s