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: 38.06,-95.16 Latitude: 38.06 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 SFC 963 309 23.6 18.6 74 4.9 20.1 186 23 299.9 302.5 294.6 341.3 14.15 2 950 428 22.7 17.6 73 5.1 19.2 190 36 300.2 302.7 294.3 339.7 13.48 3 900 896 18.9 16.1 84 2.8 17.0 199 45 300.9 303.3 294.0 338.7 12.86 4 850 1386 15.8 13.4 86 2.4 14.2 211 52 302.7 304.8 293.4 336.6 11.45 5 800 1899 12.8 9.6 81 3.2 10.8 222 56 304.8 306.5 292.5 332.9 9.39 6 750 2438 9.0 2.9 66 6.1 5.6 228 55 306.3 307.5 290.4 325.4 6.28 7 700 3005 4.8 -5.3 48 10.1 0.1 232 54 307.8 308.5 288.5 319.3 3.67 8 650 3605 1.2 -8.5 49 9.6 -3.0 232 56 310.3 310.9 288.8 320.1 3.10 9 600 4244 -2.9 -11.7 51 8.8 -6.3 228 60 312.8 313.3 289.1 321.2 2.61 10 550 4928 -7.6 -20.8 34 13.2 -11.6 227 60 315.0 315.3 288.6 319.5 1.32 11 500 5661 -13.2 -28.1 27 15.0 -16.6 232 68 317.0 317.1 288.6 319.6 0.75 12 450 6454 -19.2 -32.7 29 13.5 -21.7 233 77 319.1 319.2 289.0 321.0 0.54 13 400 7318 -25.5 -40.5 23 15.0 -27.4 236 81 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.28 14 350 8273 -32.7 -40.8 44 8.1 -33.6 251 93 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.31 15 300 9340 -40.4 -50.2 34 9.7 -41.0 249 103 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.13 16 250 10557 -48.9 -57.3 37 8.4 -49.2 251 102 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 17 200 12003 -54.7 -66.8 21 12.1 -54.9 238 86 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13822 -60.3 -77.9 8 17.6 -60.4 252 55 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16369 -61.2 -83.9 3 22.7 -61.5 272 40 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.98 m Freezing level: 635.64 mb = 3788.92 m = 12430.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.79 mb = 3030.86 m = 9943.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.91 mb = 935.48 m = 3069.11 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 22.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1511.22 m = 4958.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 533.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1697.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.49 mb = 1231.21 m = 4039.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.49 mb = 1999.07 m = 6558.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.49 mb = 11371.21 m = 37306.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1679.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.49 mb = 14697.26 m = 48218.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 57.0 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 42.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 499.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 499.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.07 Bulk Rich Number: 12.45 Bulk Shear: 136.35 m/s