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: 37.15,-95.40 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 SFC 970 261 24.6 19.1 71 5.5 20.8 180 25 300.4 303.1 295.0 343.0 14.51 2 950 438 23.5 17.7 70 5.8 19.5 185 41 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.8 13.54 3 900 908 20.0 15.9 77 4.1 17.2 196 48 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.7 12.73 4 850 1400 16.7 13.5 81 3.2 14.6 211 51 303.7 305.8 293.9 338.0 11.55 5 800 1914 13.2 10.5 83 2.8 11.5 224 55 305.2 307.1 293.1 335.2 10.00 6 750 2454 9.1 5.5 78 3.6 7.0 231 58 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.4 7.58 7 700 3022 6.0 -4.7 46 10.7 1.0 239 58 309.1 309.8 289.1 321.2 3.86 8 650 3626 2.7 -9.9 39 12.6 -2.6 240 60 312.0 312.5 289.0 320.9 2.76 9 600 4268 -1.6 -15.2 35 13.6 -6.6 235 59 314.3 314.6 288.9 320.7 1.95 10 550 4954 -6.4 -23.6 24 17.2 -11.3 237 63 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.1 1.04 11 500 5691 -11.8 -31.4 18 19.6 -16.1 238 71 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.6 0.55 12 450 6487 -18.2 -37.0 18 18.7 -21.3 239 74 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.36 13 400 7355 -24.5 -43.1 16 18.7 -26.7 249 78 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.21 14 350 8313 -32.1 -43.3 32 11.2 -33.3 254 88 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.24 15 300 9381 -40.7 -47.4 48 6.8 -41.1 248 100 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.18 16 250 10596 -49.5 -56.8 42 7.3 -49.7 250 106 332.5 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.07 17 200 12032 -55.7 -66.0 27 10.3 -55.9 245 87 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 13858 -58.2 -78.7 6 20.5 -58.5 253 49 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16385 -63.0 -83.7 4 20.7 -63.1 264 40 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.50 m Freezing level: 618.74 mb = 4027.25 m = 13212.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.61 mb = 3179.76 m = 10432.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.55 mb = 960.57 m = 3151.43 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.89 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1663.09 m = 5456.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1720.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.25 mb = 1326.63 m = 4352.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.25 mb = 2101.92 m = 6895.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.25 mb = 11649.04 m = 38218.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1706.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.25 mb = 14642.60 m = 48039.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 647.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 647.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.26 Bulk Rich Number: 8.33 Bulk Shear: 206.55 m/s