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: 38.09,-95.24 Latitude: 38.09 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 -20 SFC 963 310 24.1 18.4 70 5.7 20.1 186 23 300.5 303.1 294.7 341.4 13.93 2 950 424 23.3 17.3 69 6.0 19.2 191 35 300.9 303.3 294.3 339.7 13.22 3 900 894 19.5 15.7 79 3.8 17.0 200 45 301.6 303.9 294.0 338.6 12.57 4 850 1384 16.1 13.2 83 2.9 14.3 211 51 303.1 305.1 293.4 336.6 11.30 5 800 1898 12.8 9.6 81 3.2 10.8 222 55 304.8 306.5 292.6 333.1 9.44 6 750 2437 8.7 3.9 72 4.8 6.0 227 55 306.0 307.2 290.7 326.5 6.76 7 700 3003 4.6 -5.1 49 9.7 0.1 231 54 307.6 308.3 288.5 319.2 3.73 8 650 3603 1.1 -8.8 47 10.0 -3.1 231 56 310.2 310.8 288.7 319.8 3.02 9 600 4242 -2.9 -12.0 50 9.1 -6.5 227 60 312.7 313.2 289.0 320.9 2.54 10 550 4925 -7.7 -21.8 31 14.2 -11.8 227 60 315.0 315.2 288.4 319.1 1.21 11 500 5658 -13.2 -29.0 25 15.8 -16.7 233 69 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.3 0.69 12 450 6451 -19.4 -32.9 29 13.5 -21.8 233 77 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.8 0.53 13 400 7314 -25.7 -40.9 23 15.2 -27.6 236 82 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.6 0.27 14 350 8268 -32.8 -41.0 44 8.3 -33.6 250 93 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.30 15 300 9335 -40.5 -50.5 33 10.1 -41.1 249 103 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.12 16 250 10553 -48.8 -57.8 35 9.0 -49.1 251 102 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12000 -54.5 -67.3 19 12.8 -54.8 239 86 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13820 -60.2 -77.9 8 17.7 -60.3 251 54 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16370 -61.4 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.6 270 39 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.99 m Freezing level: 636.04 mb = 3781.63 m = 12406.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.76 mb = 3017.62 m = 9900.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.06 mb = 1037.54 m = 3403.95 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 22.18 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1639.07 m = 5377.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 26.46 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1719.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.74 mb = 1346.45 m = 4417.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.74 mb = 2016.16 m = 6614.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.74 mb = 11128.92 m = 36511.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1716.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.74 mb = 14780.76 m = 48492.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 56.8 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 42.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 479.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 479.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.89 Bulk Rich Number: 12.87 Bulk Shear: 133.63 m/s