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: 36.34,-95.08 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 972 252 22.4 18.1 77 4.3 19.4 180 22 297.9 300.4 293.6 337.3 13.56 2 950 449 22.1 17.3 74 4.8 18.8 183 39 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.1 13.19 3 900 918 19.8 15.4 76 4.3 16.8 197 51 301.9 304.1 293.9 338.3 12.34 4 850 1410 18.3 12.0 67 6.3 14.2 219 53 305.3 307.2 293.4 336.5 10.39 5 800 1927 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.6 230 53 307.0 308.5 292.3 332.2 8.32 6 750 2470 10.4 3.6 63 6.8 6.6 238 56 307.9 309.2 291.2 328.2 6.63 7 700 3040 6.0 -1.4 59 7.4 2.2 245 59 309.1 310.0 290.1 324.4 4.92 8 650 3642 1.9 -8.8 45 10.7 -2.7 245 60 311.1 311.7 289.0 320.8 3.03 9 600 4284 -0.8 -19.8 22 19.0 -7.1 246 64 315.2 315.4 288.6 319.6 1.32 10 550 4974 -4.6 -26.8 16 22.2 -10.6 245 73 318.6 318.7 289.2 321.3 0.77 11 500 5715 -10.2 -28.1 22 17.8 -14.6 245 76 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.2 0.76 12 450 6517 -16.3 -30.7 28 14.3 -19.4 249 81 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.1 0.66 13 400 7391 -23.5 -38.1 25 14.6 -25.6 250 82 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.36 14 350 8350 -32.1 -42.0 37 9.9 -33.1 252 85 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.5 0.27 15 300 9417 -40.9 -47.0 52 6.1 -41.3 247 90 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.18 16 250 10633 -49.0 -55.4 47 6.4 -49.3 253 97 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.08 17 200 12072 -56.7 -64.5 37 7.8 -56.8 241 79 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 13878 -60.0 -77.7 8 17.7 -60.2 265 50 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16411 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.3 261 39 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.66 m Freezing level: 615.14 mb = 4089.78 m = 13417.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.51 mb = 3305.36 m = 10844.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.82 mb = 795.14 m = 2608.69 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 18.65 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.43 mb = 2071.26 m = 6795.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 33.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1134.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.89 mb = 1310.46 m = 4299.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.89 mb = 2751.18 m = 9026.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.89 mb = 11315.48 m = 37123.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1131.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.89 mb = 14094.53 m = 46241.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 60.6 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 45.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 776.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 776.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 258.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.91 Bulk Shear: 290.40 m/s