MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-95.24 Latitude: 36.07 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 9 SFC 974 234 22.7 17.9 75 4.7 19.4 180 21 298.0 300.4 293.5 336.8 13.38 2 950 455 22.6 16.9 70 5.7 18.8 183 39 300.2 302.5 293.8 337.9 12.88 3 900 924 20.2 15.2 73 5.0 16.9 198 49 302.3 304.6 293.9 338.3 12.17 4 850 1417 18.4 12.1 67 6.3 14.3 218 51 305.4 307.4 293.6 336.9 10.49 5 800 1935 15.0 8.1 63 6.9 10.7 231 51 307.1 308.7 292.5 332.8 8.48 6 750 2477 10.7 3.7 62 7.0 6.8 240 54 308.2 309.5 291.3 328.7 6.69 7 700 3048 6.1 -0.6 62 6.7 2.7 246 57 309.3 310.3 290.5 325.6 5.25 8 650 3651 2.1 -8.0 47 10.1 -2.3 247 58 311.3 311.9 289.2 321.6 3.22 9 600 4293 -0.9 -19.3 23 18.4 -7.0 249 62 315.1 315.3 288.6 319.7 1.39 10 550 4982 -4.7 -25.6 18 20.9 -10.6 247 70 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.5 0.87 11 500 5724 -10.2 -27.1 24 16.8 -14.5 247 73 320.6 320.7 289.8 323.5 0.83 12 450 6526 -16.1 -30.0 29 13.8 -19.1 252 80 322.9 323.1 290.4 325.5 0.71 13 400 7400 -23.3 -36.8 28 13.6 -25.4 251 82 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.3 0.41 14 350 8360 -32.0 -41.0 40 9.1 -32.9 252 83 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.30 15 300 9427 -41.1 -45.7 61 4.6 -41.4 248 87 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.21 16 250 10642 -50.0 -54.3 60 4.3 -50.1 249 97 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12075 -57.0 -63.8 42 6.9 -57.1 241 79 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 13888 -59.4 -78.3 7 19.0 -59.6 271 47 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16415 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.0 255 39 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.42 m Freezing level: 615.03 mb = 4099.88 m = 13450.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.33 mb = 3363.98 m = 11036.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.22 mb = 835.70 m = 2741.77 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.58 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.96 mb = 2137.28 m = 7011.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1152.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.90 mb = 1377.65 m = 4519.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.90 mb = 2827.75 m = 9277.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.90 mb = 11494.76 m = 37712.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1147.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.90 mb = 14366.86 m = 47134.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 58.4 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 739.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 739.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.88 Bulk Rich Number: 4.05 Bulk Shear: 284.61 m/s