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: 37.22,-95.63 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -17 SFC 968 269 26.7 18.1 59 8.6 20.7 186 24 302.7 305.2 295.0 343.0 13.63 2 950 430 25.5 16.4 57 9.1 19.3 190 38 303.1 305.4 294.3 340.1 12.46 3 900 903 21.8 14.3 62 7.5 16.8 201 45 303.9 306.1 293.8 338.0 11.44 4 850 1396 17.8 12.0 69 5.7 14.1 212 48 304.8 306.7 293.3 336.0 10.44 5 800 1912 13.7 9.2 74 4.5 10.9 222 53 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.3 9.16 6 750 2452 9.0 5.0 76 3.9 6.7 228 56 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.6 7.33 7 700 3020 5.3 -3.6 52 8.9 1.0 236 58 308.4 309.2 289.2 321.4 4.18 8 650 3622 2.2 -10.1 40 12.3 -3.0 238 59 311.4 311.9 288.8 320.1 2.72 9 600 4263 -2.0 -16.3 32 14.4 -7.1 234 59 313.8 314.2 288.6 319.7 1.78 10 550 4948 -7.0 -25.4 21 18.5 -11.9 238 63 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.9 0.88 11 500 5683 -12.5 -32.5 17 20.0 -16.6 239 73 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.50 12 450 6477 -18.7 -36.7 19 18.0 -21.6 239 78 319.8 319.8 289.1 321.1 0.37 13 400 7344 -24.8 -43.9 15 19.1 -27.1 247 82 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.19 14 350 8300 -32.4 -41.9 38 9.5 -33.3 253 92 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 15 300 9367 -40.7 -47.9 46 7.2 -41.2 249 103 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.17 16 250 10583 -49.2 -57.5 37 8.3 -49.4 252 108 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 17 200 12024 -54.9 -67.4 20 12.5 -55.1 243 90 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13853 -58.1 -78.8 5 20.7 -58.3 252 50 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16386 -63.4 -83.7 5 20.3 -63.6 260 38 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.37 m Freezing level: 623.88 mb = 3956.53 m = 12980.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.25 mb = 3168.85 m = 10396.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.77 mb = 1358.14 m = 4455.80 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 24.12 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.11 mb = 2005.44 m = 6579.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1576.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.94 mb = 1744.14 m = 5722.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.94 mb = 2221.56 m = 7288.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.94 mb = 11380.79 m = 37338.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1562.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.94 mb = 14241.77 m = 46724.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 57.5 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 43.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 546.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 546.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 182.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.66 Bulk Rich Number: 9.28 Bulk Shear: 169.81 m/s