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,-95.32 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 SFC 974 229 22.6 18.0 76 4.5 19.5 183 22 298.0 300.4 293.6 337.1 13.48 2 950 445 22.5 17.1 71 5.4 18.8 185 40 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.1 13.01 3 900 915 20.2 15.4 74 4.8 17.0 200 51 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.6 12.28 4 850 1408 18.9 11.7 63 7.1 14.3 220 53 305.9 307.8 293.5 336.7 10.23 5 800 1926 15.4 6.2 54 9.3 9.9 234 53 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.3 7.44 6 750 2469 10.9 1.4 52 9.5 5.7 241 55 308.4 309.4 290.5 325.8 5.65 7 700 3040 6.0 -2.9 53 9.0 1.6 245 57 309.2 310.0 289.6 322.9 4.40 8 650 3641 1.5 -8.7 47 10.2 -2.9 243 59 310.6 311.2 288.8 320.4 3.05 9 600 4282 -1.1 -20.5 21 19.4 -7.4 245 64 314.8 315.1 288.4 319.0 1.24 10 550 4971 -4.8 -27.9 15 23.1 -10.9 245 74 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.8 0.70 11 500 5712 -10.5 -29.0 20 18.5 -14.9 245 77 320.2 320.3 289.6 322.7 0.69 12 450 6513 -16.7 -30.6 29 13.9 -19.6 249 81 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.7 0.67 13 400 7385 -23.7 -37.6 27 13.9 -25.8 249 83 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.37 14 350 8343 -32.4 -41.7 39 9.3 -33.4 254 87 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 15 300 9409 -41.2 -47.3 52 6.1 -41.6 249 90 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.18 16 250 10623 -49.4 -55.2 50 5.8 -49.6 253 101 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.09 17 200 12064 -56.0 -65.5 29 9.5 -56.2 243 84 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13876 -59.2 -78.1 7 18.9 -59.5 260 47 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16411 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 267 38 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.85 m Freezing level: 621.63 mb = 4004.93 m = 13139.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.01 mb = 3250.96 m = 10665.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.19 mb = 807.40 m = 2648.92 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 19.63 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.54 mb = 2165.74 m = 7105.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.48 C = 90.47 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 32.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1245.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.22 mb = 1355.08 m = 4445.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.22 mb = 2804.25 m = 9200.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.22 mb = 11442.34 m = 37540.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1233.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.22 mb = 14297.90 m = 46908.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 60.4 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 45.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 723.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 723.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 241.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.30 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 275.73 m/s