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: 36.54,-94.53 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 964 330 21.5 17.5 78 3.9 18.8 183 21 297.7 300.1 293.3 336.0 13.19 2 950 452 21.5 17.0 76 4.5 18.5 184 38 299.0 301.4 293.5 336.8 12.97 3 900 920 18.8 15.5 81 3.3 16.5 192 55 300.8 303.1 293.6 337.2 12.37 4 850 1412 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.3 218 55 305.2 307.2 293.6 336.9 10.58 5 800 1929 14.5 9.5 72 5.0 11.4 228 55 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.8 9.35 6 750 2471 10.2 5.8 74 4.4 7.6 234 55 307.6 309.1 292.0 331.2 7.74 7 700 3041 5.9 0.4 68 5.5 3.0 242 57 309.0 310.1 290.7 326.5 5.65 8 650 3644 2.6 -8.0 45 10.6 -2.1 241 57 311.9 312.5 289.4 322.2 3.21 9 600 4288 -0.4 -18.9 23 18.4 -6.7 244 63 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.4 1.44 10 550 4978 -4.5 -24.2 20 19.7 -10.2 243 71 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.2 0.99 11 500 5720 -10.3 -25.8 27 15.5 -14.3 241 71 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.8 0.94 12 450 6521 -16.6 -28.3 35 11.8 -19.3 249 77 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.3 0.82 13 400 7394 -23.5 -35.3 33 11.8 -25.4 249 80 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.47 14 350 8353 -32.0 -40.1 45 8.1 -32.9 248 81 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 15 300 9421 -40.7 -45.7 59 5.0 -41.1 246 87 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.8 0.21 16 250 10637 -50.1 -54.1 62 4.0 -50.2 248 97 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12065 -57.9 -61.9 60 4.0 -58.0 247 80 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 13869 -58.4 -78.4 6 20.0 -58.6 260 54 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16408 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 255 37 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.94 m Freezing level: 607.11 mb = 4196.04 m = 13766.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.50 mb = 3391.37 m = 11126.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.65 mb = 827.64 m = 2715.32 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2069.46 m = 6789.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 35.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 998.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.41 mb = 1316.98 m = 4320.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.41 mb = 2757.73 m = 9047.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.41 mb = 11619.60 m = 38121.60 ft B at Equ Level: 984.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.41 mb = 14106.93 m = 46282.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 60.3 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 45.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 801.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 799.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 266.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.70 Bulk Rich Number: 3.88 Bulk Shear: 257.01 m/s