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,-95.16 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 973 244 22.4 18.1 76 4.4 19.5 181 22 297.9 300.4 293.6 337.2 13.53 2 950 448 22.2 17.2 73 5.0 18.8 184 40 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.1 13.13 3 900 917 19.9 15.4 75 4.5 16.9 198 51 302.0 304.3 293.9 338.4 12.32 4 850 1409 18.5 11.9 65 6.6 14.2 219 53 305.5 307.4 293.4 336.5 10.34 5 800 1927 15.0 7.3 60 7.8 10.4 231 53 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.04 6 750 2470 10.6 2.9 59 7.6 6.3 239 55 308.1 309.2 291.0 327.4 6.31 7 700 3040 6.0 -1.9 57 7.9 2.0 245 58 309.1 310.0 289.9 323.9 4.75 8 650 3642 1.8 -8.7 46 10.5 -2.7 244 59 311.0 311.5 288.9 320.7 3.04 9 600 4284 -0.9 -20.0 22 19.1 -7.2 246 64 315.0 315.3 288.5 319.4 1.30 10 550 4973 -4.7 -27.2 15 22.5 -10.8 245 73 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.75 11 500 5714 -10.3 -28.4 21 18.1 -14.7 245 76 320.4 320.6 289.7 323.0 0.74 12 450 6516 -16.4 -30.6 28 14.2 -19.4 249 81 322.6 322.7 290.3 324.9 0.66 13 400 7389 -23.6 -38.0 25 14.4 -25.7 250 83 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.36 14 350 8348 -32.2 -41.9 38 9.7 -33.2 252 86 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.28 15 300 9414 -41.0 -47.1 52 6.1 -41.4 248 90 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.18 16 250 10630 -49.1 -55.4 48 6.2 -49.4 253 98 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 17 200 12069 -56.5 -64.8 34 8.4 -56.6 242 80 343.3 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13878 -59.8 -77.8 8 18.1 -60.0 263 49 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16411 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.8 -62.2 263 39 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.06 m Freezing level: 617.22 mb = 4062.46 m = 13328.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.80 mb = 3289.64 m = 10792.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.28 mb = 799.16 m = 2621.87 ft T: 20.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2103.30 m = 6900.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.39 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1171.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.35 mb = 1325.12 m = 4347.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.35 mb = 2768.64 m = 9083.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.35 mb = 11356.91 m = 37259.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1165.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.35 mb = 14160.82 m = 46458.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 60.6 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 45.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 757.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 757.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 252.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.13 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 285.35 m/s