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: 36.61,-95 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 971 251 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.5 179 24 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.5 13.70 2 950 443 21.8 17.5 77 4.2 18.9 183 41 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.3 13.38 3 900 911 19.8 15.4 76 4.3 16.8 198 53 301.9 304.1 293.9 338.3 12.33 4 850 1403 18.2 11.7 66 6.5 14.0 218 54 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.9 10.23 5 800 1920 14.8 7.4 61 7.4 10.3 229 55 306.9 308.4 292.1 331.4 8.08 6 750 2462 10.4 2.7 59 7.7 6.1 238 58 307.9 309.1 290.8 326.9 6.20 7 700 3032 5.8 -2.8 54 8.6 1.6 245 61 308.9 309.8 289.6 322.8 4.45 8 650 3634 1.5 -9.2 45 10.7 -3.0 244 62 310.6 311.2 288.8 320.0 2.93 9 600 4275 -1.1 -20.3 22 19.2 -7.3 244 66 314.9 315.1 288.5 319.1 1.27 10 550 4964 -4.8 -28.5 14 23.7 -10.9 243 75 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.8 0.66 11 500 5705 -10.4 -29.9 19 19.5 -15.0 242 79 320.4 320.5 289.6 322.6 0.64 12 450 6506 -16.5 -31.7 26 15.2 -19.6 246 82 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.6 0.60 13 400 7379 -23.7 -39.9 21 16.2 -25.9 248 83 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.3 0.30 14 350 8337 -32.3 -43.2 33 10.9 -33.3 253 88 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.24 15 300 9404 -40.9 -48.6 43 7.7 -41.3 246 91 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.15 16 250 10622 -48.3 -57.1 35 8.9 -48.6 254 97 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.07 17 200 12066 -56.1 -66.0 28 9.9 -56.2 241 78 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13869 -60.7 -77.4 9 16.7 -60.8 262 52 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16407 -61.5 -83.8 4 22.3 -61.7 264 39 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.48 m Freezing level: 621.25 mb = 4002.36 m = 13130.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.70 mb = 3235.39 m = 10614.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.58 mb = 743.17 m = 2438.18 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 19.17 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2048.27 m = 6719.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1146.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.15 mb = 1280.80 m = 4202.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.15 mb = 2717.96 m = 8917.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.15 mb = 11242.00 m = 36882.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1137.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.15 mb = 13989.19 m = 45895.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 62.9 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 47.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 812.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 811.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 270.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.31 Bulk Rich Number: 3.80 Bulk Shear: 301.64 m/s