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: 36.14,-95.48 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 978 198 22.9 18.0 74 5.0 19.5 182 22 298.0 300.4 293.5 336.8 13.36 2 950 448 23.0 16.8 68 6.2 18.8 184 41 300.5 302.9 293.8 338.0 12.77 3 900 919 20.9 15.0 69 5.9 17.0 203 50 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.6 12.01 4 850 1413 19.0 11.7 62 7.3 14.3 219 51 306.1 308.0 293.5 336.7 10.19 5 800 1931 15.6 6.4 54 9.2 10.1 233 51 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.7 7.54 6 750 2475 11.2 0.7 48 10.5 5.6 244 55 308.8 309.8 290.4 325.4 5.38 7 700 3046 6.2 -2.9 52 9.1 1.7 247 57 309.4 310.2 289.7 323.2 4.42 8 650 3647 1.4 -8.3 48 9.7 -2.8 246 58 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.5 3.14 9 600 4288 -1.3 -20.9 21 19.7 -7.5 247 62 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.7 1.20 10 550 4977 -4.9 -29.0 13 24.1 -11.1 247 72 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.63 11 500 5718 -10.5 -30.0 19 19.5 -15.0 246 76 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.63 12 450 6519 -16.4 -30.8 28 14.3 -19.4 250 81 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.65 13 400 7392 -23.5 -38.8 23 15.3 -25.7 250 82 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.33 14 350 8351 -32.3 -42.9 34 10.6 -33.4 255 84 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.25 15 300 9416 -41.4 -47.5 51 6.2 -41.8 250 88 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 16 250 10630 -49.8 -55.3 52 5.5 -50.0 251 101 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08 17 200 12068 -56.1 -65.8 28 9.7 -56.3 243 84 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13883 -59.1 -78.4 6 19.3 -59.3 265 46 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.01 19 100 16414 -61.4 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.7 261 37 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.08 m Freezing level: 623.52 mb = 3986.67 m = 13079.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.95 mb = 3269.63 m = 10727.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.12 mb = 831.07 m = 2726.59 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 19.92 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2238.86 m = 7345.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.21 C = 91.78 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 32.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.20 mb = 1420.73 m = 4661.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.20 mb = 2879.37 m = 9446.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.20 mb = 11331.65 m = 37176.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1240.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.20 mb = 14129.26 m = 46355.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 59.3 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 44.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 716.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 715.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.16 Bulk Rich Number: 4.38 Bulk Shear: 283.73 m/s