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,-94.92 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 970 265 22.2 18.1 78 4.1 19.4 179 23 297.9 300.3 293.6 337.3 13.58 2 950 448 21.8 17.4 76 4.4 18.8 183 40 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.0 13.27 3 900 916 19.5 15.4 77 4.1 16.8 196 53 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.1 12.35 4 850 1408 18.2 11.9 67 6.3 14.1 218 54 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.2 10.36 5 800 1925 14.7 8.2 65 6.5 10.7 228 55 306.8 308.4 292.4 332.6 8.54 6 750 2467 10.4 3.9 64 6.4 6.7 237 57 307.8 309.1 291.3 328.6 6.78 7 700 3037 5.9 -1.6 59 7.5 2.1 245 60 309.0 310.0 290.0 324.2 4.87 8 650 3639 1.9 -9.0 44 11.0 -2.7 245 60 311.1 311.7 288.9 320.6 2.97 9 600 4282 -0.7 -20.2 21 19.5 -7.1 246 64 315.3 315.5 288.6 319.6 1.28 10 550 4971 -4.6 -27.8 14 23.2 -10.7 244 73 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.2 0.71 11 500 5713 -10.2 -28.8 20 18.6 -14.7 243 76 320.6 320.7 289.7 323.1 0.71 12 450 6515 -16.3 -30.8 28 14.5 -19.4 248 80 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.65 13 400 7388 -23.5 -39.2 22 15.7 -25.8 250 81 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.32 14 350 8347 -32.1 -43.0 33 10.9 -33.1 251 85 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.25 15 300 9415 -40.8 -48.0 46 7.2 -41.2 246 90 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.17 16 250 10632 -48.7 -56.4 41 7.7 -49.0 253 96 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12071 -56.8 -64.5 37 7.7 -57.0 242 78 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 13873 -60.3 -77.5 9 17.2 -60.4 263 53 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16410 -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: 5709.36 m Freezing level: 613.87 mb = 4103.35 m = 13462.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.11 mb = 3295.38 m = 10811.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.95 mb = 782.68 m = 2567.81 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 18.48 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.77 mb = 2043.82 m = 6705.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1085.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.63 mb = 1291.03 m = 4235.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.63 mb = 2728.78 m = 8952.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.63 mb = 11265.21 m = 36958.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1082.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.63 mb = 14015.72 m = 45982.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 61.6 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 46.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 809.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 808.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 269.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.99 Bulk Rich Number: 3.71 Bulk Shear: 292.54 m/s