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: 37.08,-95.24 Latitude: 37.08 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 1 SFC 971 257 23.5 19.2 77 4.3 20.5 181 24 299.2 301.8 294.7 341.7 14.61 2 950 445 22.3 18.1 77 4.2 19.4 186 40 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.4 13.88 3 900 914 18.8 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 196 48 300.8 303.3 294.3 339.8 13.25 4 850 1404 16.3 13.9 86 2.4 14.7 214 52 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.3 11.82 5 800 1917 13.1 10.4 84 2.7 11.4 227 55 305.1 307.0 293.0 335.0 9.97 6 750 2458 9.5 4.6 71 4.9 6.7 233 57 306.9 308.2 291.3 328.6 7.11 7 700 3027 6.4 -5.4 42 11.8 0.9 239 56 309.6 310.3 289.1 321.1 3.65 8 650 3631 2.7 -9.4 40 12.2 -2.4 239 58 312.1 312.6 289.1 321.3 2.87 9 600 4273 -1.6 -13.2 41 11.6 -6.1 236 58 314.3 314.7 289.3 321.8 2.30 10 550 4959 -6.3 -20.8 31 14.5 -10.8 237 61 316.6 316.9 289.1 321.1 1.33 11 500 5697 -11.5 -29.2 22 17.7 -15.6 237 69 319.0 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.68 12 450 6494 -17.9 -36.1 19 18.1 -21.1 239 72 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.39 13 400 7363 -24.4 -42.5 17 18.1 -26.6 250 75 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.23 14 350 8321 -32.0 -44.7 27 12.7 -33.2 255 86 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.20 15 300 9390 -40.7 -46.9 51 6.3 -41.1 248 98 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.19 16 250 10605 -49.7 -55.9 48 6.2 -49.9 249 105 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 17 200 12036 -56.5 -65.0 33 8.6 -56.6 247 86 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13860 -58.1 -78.7 5 20.6 -58.3 253 51 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16387 -62.5 -83.7 4 21.2 -62.7 266 39 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.63 m Freezing level: 618.42 mb = 4036.51 m = 13243.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.55 mb = 3185.21 m = 10450.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.36 mb = 795.51 m = 2609.92 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 20.61 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1489.71 m = 4887.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 29.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 498.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1666.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.61 mb = 1119.85 m = 3674.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.61 mb = 2090.82 m = 6859.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.61 mb = 11613.60 m = 38101.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1663.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.61 mb = 14581.08 m = 47837.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 57.1 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 636.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 636.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.2 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: 6.22 Bulk Rich Number: 8.43 Bulk Shear: 197.64 m/s