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: 36.3,-95.2 Latitude: 36.30 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 973 241 22.5 18.0 76 4.4 19.4 181 22 298.0 300.4 293.6 337.1 13.50 2 950 448 22.3 17.2 72 5.2 18.8 184 40 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.1 13.07 3 900 917 20.0 15.4 75 4.6 16.9 198 51 302.1 304.4 293.9 338.4 12.30 4 850 1410 18.5 11.9 65 6.6 14.3 219 52 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.6 10.35 5 800 1928 15.1 7.2 59 7.9 10.3 231 53 307.3 308.7 292.2 331.5 8.00 6 750 2471 10.6 2.8 58 7.8 6.3 240 55 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.3 6.26 7 700 3041 6.0 -1.9 57 7.9 2.0 245 58 309.1 310.0 290.0 324.0 4.77 8 650 3643 1.8 -8.6 46 10.4 -2.7 244 59 311.0 311.5 289.0 320.7 3.07 9 600 4285 -1.0 -20.0 22 19.0 -7.2 246 63 315.0 315.3 288.5 319.4 1.30 10 550 4974 -4.7 -27.0 16 22.3 -10.8 246 73 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.76 11 500 5715 -10.4 -28.2 22 17.9 -14.7 245 76 320.4 320.6 289.7 323.0 0.75 12 450 6517 -16.4 -30.5 29 14.0 -19.4 250 81 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.0 0.67 13 400 7390 -23.5 -37.7 26 14.1 -25.6 250 83 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.37 14 350 8349 -32.2 -41.7 39 9.5 -33.2 253 85 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.28 15 300 9415 -41.1 -46.9 53 5.8 -41.5 248 89 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.19 16 250 10630 -49.3 -55.1 51 5.8 -49.5 252 99 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.09 17 200 12069 -56.5 -64.7 35 8.3 -56.6 242 81 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13879 -59.6 -77.9 7 18.4 -59.8 264 48 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16412 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.8 -62.2 262 39 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.69 m Freezing level: 617.57 mb = 4059.16 m = 13317.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.36 mb = 3296.13 m = 10813.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.61 mb = 806.27 m = 2645.21 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.93 mb = 2120.06 m = 6955.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.65 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1183.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.18 mb = 1337.73 m = 4388.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.18 mb = 2783.15 m = 9130.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.18 mb = 11390.90 m = 37371.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1176.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.18 mb = 14213.15 m = 46630.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 60.2 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 45.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 747.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 747.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 249.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.13 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 283.05 m/s