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: 36.95,-95.48 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 972 245 25.0 19.3 71 5.7 21.0 178 25 300.6 303.3 295.2 343.6 14.65 2 950 441 23.6 17.7 70 5.8 19.5 183 42 301.1 303.6 294.6 340.9 13.55 3 900 911 20.1 15.8 76 4.3 17.2 196 48 302.2 304.5 294.2 339.5 12.62 4 850 1402 16.7 13.6 82 3.1 14.6 210 51 303.6 305.7 293.8 338.0 11.56 5 800 1917 13.3 10.7 84 2.6 11.7 225 55 305.3 307.2 293.3 335.8 10.16 6 750 2457 9.0 6.3 83 2.8 7.4 232 58 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.6 7.99 7 700 3025 6.1 -3.5 50 9.6 1.4 241 60 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.4 4.21 8 650 3629 3.1 -10.3 37 13.4 -2.5 242 61 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.2 2.68 9 600 4273 -1.2 -16.1 31 14.8 -6.6 238 59 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.7 1.82 10 550 4960 -5.8 -25.1 20 19.2 -11.2 240 64 317.2 317.4 288.8 320.3 0.91 11 500 5698 -11.4 -32.5 16 21.1 -15.9 239 71 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.9 0.50 12 450 6495 -17.9 -38.0 16 20.1 -21.2 240 72 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.9 0.32 13 400 7364 -24.2 -42.8 16 18.6 -26.5 252 78 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 14 350 8322 -32.0 -43.9 30 11.9 -33.2 255 86 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.22 15 300 9391 -40.7 -46.9 51 6.2 -41.1 248 97 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 16 250 10605 -49.7 -56.4 45 6.7 -50.0 249 107 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.07 17 200 12038 -56.0 -65.8 28 9.8 -56.2 246 86 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13864 -57.8 -78.8 5 21.0 -58.0 255 49 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16388 -63.1 -83.7 5 20.6 -63.3 264 38 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.72 m Freezing level: 614.22 mb = 4089.58 m = 13417.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.84 mb = 3239.62 m = 10628.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.15 mb = 967.07 m = 3172.77 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 23.26 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1661.76 m = 5451.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1685.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.86 mb = 1333.26 m = 4374.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.86 mb = 2108.90 m = 6918.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.86 mb = 11667.85 m = 38279.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1675.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.86 mb = 14666.83 m = 48118.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 58.5 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 43.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 697.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 697.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 232.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.49 Bulk Rich Number: 7.28 Bulk Shear: 231.33 m/s