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: 36.47,-94.69 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 966 305 21.8 17.7 78 4.1 19.1 181 21 297.9 300.3 293.4 336.5 13.34 2 950 452 21.7 17.2 76 4.5 18.6 183 39 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.3 13.07 3 900 919 19.1 15.4 79 3.7 16.7 194 54 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.6 12.35 4 850 1411 18.2 12.1 68 6.0 14.3 218 55 305.2 307.1 293.5 336.7 10.52 5 800 1928 14.6 9.1 69 5.5 11.2 228 54 306.7 308.4 292.8 334.1 9.08 6 750 2471 10.3 5.3 71 5.0 7.3 236 55 307.7 309.1 291.8 330.4 7.44 7 700 3041 6.0 -0.2 65 6.1 2.8 243 58 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.8 5.41 8 650 3643 2.4 -8.4 45 10.8 -2.3 243 58 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.7 3.12 9 600 4287 -0.5 -19.3 23 18.8 -6.8 245 63 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.2 1.38 10 550 4977 -4.5 -25.3 18 20.8 -10.4 244 72 318.8 318.9 289.3 321.9 0.89 11 500 5719 -10.2 -26.7 25 16.5 -14.5 242 73 320.6 320.7 289.8 323.6 0.86 12 450 6520 -16.5 -29.0 33 12.6 -19.3 249 78 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.3 0.77 13 400 7393 -23.5 -36.3 30 12.7 -25.5 250 80 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.43 14 350 8353 -32.0 -40.7 42 8.7 -33.0 249 82 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.31 15 300 9420 -40.8 -46.3 55 5.5 -41.2 247 88 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.20 16 250 10637 -49.6 -54.6 55 5.0 -49.8 250 97 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 17 200 12068 -57.5 -62.6 52 5.1 -57.6 246 79 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 18 150 13873 -59.0 -78.0 7 18.9 -59.2 261 53 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16410 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.3 257 38 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.41 m Freezing level: 608.91 mb = 4172.05 m = 13687.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.79 mb = 3363.12 m = 11033.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.41 mb = 819.82 m = 2689.68 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 17.39 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2064.88 m = 6774.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1031.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.68 mb = 1313.84 m = 4310.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.68 mb = 2754.34 m = 9036.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.68 mb = 11613.85 m = 38102.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1016.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.68 mb = 14098.50 m = 46254.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 60.4 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 45.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 798.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 797.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 265.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.78 Bulk Rich Number: 3.85 Bulk Shear: 268.03 m/s