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: 36.41,-95.40 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 226 22.6 18.0 75 4.6 19.5 185 22 298.0 300.4 293.6 337.1 13.47 2 950 442 22.6 17.1 71 5.5 18.8 187 41 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.2 13.00 3 900 911 20.2 15.4 74 4.8 17.0 200 52 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.8 12.33 4 850 1405 19.1 11.6 61 7.6 14.3 220 53 306.2 308.1 293.5 336.7 10.13 5 800 1924 15.7 5.1 49 10.7 9.5 236 53 307.9 309.2 291.4 329.0 6.88 6 750 2467 11.0 0.1 47 10.8 5.2 242 55 308.5 309.5 290.1 324.4 5.16 7 700 3037 6.0 -3.9 49 9.9 1.3 244 57 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.9 4.09 8 650 3639 1.2 -8.8 47 10.0 -3.0 241 58 310.4 310.9 288.8 320.0 3.02 9 600 4279 -1.3 -20.9 21 19.7 -7.5 244 64 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.7 1.20 10 550 4968 -4.9 -28.4 14 23.5 -11.0 245 75 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.6 0.67 11 500 5708 -10.7 -29.4 20 18.7 -15.1 245 79 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.67 12 450 6508 -16.9 -30.5 30 13.6 -19.8 248 81 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.3 0.67 13 400 7380 -23.9 -37.3 28 13.4 -25.9 249 84 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.4 0.39 14 350 8337 -32.6 -41.4 41 8.7 -33.6 255 89 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.29 15 300 9402 -41.3 -47.5 51 6.2 -41.7 250 91 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 16 250 10615 -49.3 -55.2 51 5.8 -49.6 254 103 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.09 17 200 12059 -55.6 -66.3 25 10.7 -55.8 243 86 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13873 -58.9 -78.2 6 19.4 -59.1 255 47 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16410 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 272 39 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.42 m Freezing level: 625.13 mb = 3957.12 m = 12982.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.39 mb = 3208.56 m = 10526.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.05 mb = 805.44 m = 2642.47 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.71 mb = 2194.06 m = 7198.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.75 C = 90.94 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 31.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1300.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.48 mb = 1359.54 m = 4460.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.48 mb = 2810.48 m = 9220.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.48 mb = 11457.77 m = 37590.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1284.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.48 mb = 14327.86 m = 47006.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 60.9 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 45.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 702.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 702.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 234.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.48 Bulk Rich Number: 4.87 Bulk Shear: 267.22 m/s