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: 36.69,-95.41 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -95.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 972 237 22.4 18.1 76 4.4 19.4 187 23 298.0 300.5 293.6 337.3 13.53 2 950 435 22.5 17.2 72 5.3 18.9 188 41 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.4 13.10 3 900 905 20.7 15.2 70 5.6 17.0 202 53 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.8 12.12 4 850 1399 19.2 10.6 57 8.6 13.7 222 53 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.8 9.47 5 800 1917 15.6 3.9 46 11.7 8.9 237 51 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.2 6.34 6 750 2460 10.8 -0.8 45 11.5 4.8 243 52 308.3 309.2 289.8 323.2 4.82 7 700 3030 5.7 -4.7 47 10.4 0.8 243 54 308.8 309.6 289.0 320.9 3.86 8 650 3631 0.6 -8.5 51 9.1 -3.3 239 56 309.7 310.2 288.6 319.5 3.10 9 600 4269 -2.8 -15.4 37 12.7 -7.3 239 62 312.9 313.3 288.5 319.2 1.92 10 550 4953 -6.4 -23.5 24 17.2 -11.3 242 73 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.1 1.04 11 500 5691 -11.2 -31.2 17 20.0 -15.6 244 82 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.4 0.57 12 450 6490 -17.5 -32.7 25 15.2 -20.4 247 84 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.2 0.54 13 400 7359 -24.4 -37.6 28 13.2 -26.3 248 88 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.38 14 350 8315 -33.0 -41.3 43 8.3 -33.8 255 95 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.3 0.29 15 300 9378 -41.5 -47.7 51 6.3 -41.9 251 97 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 16 250 10592 -48.9 -56.1 43 7.2 -49.1 255 106 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 17 200 12043 -54.2 -67.3 18 13.1 -54.5 246 87 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13866 -58.3 -78.4 6 20.1 -58.5 245 44 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16403 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.3 274 41 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.15 m Freezing level: 640.90 mb = 3746.69 m = 12292.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.76 mb = 3149.60 m = 10333.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.37 mb = 796.00 m = 2611.53 ft T: 21.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 19.59 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.41 mb = 2190.81 m = 7187.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1429.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.21 mb = 1417.00 m = 4648.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.21 mb = 2760.79 m = 9057.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.21 mb = 11043.77 m = 36232.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1428.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.21 mb = 14155.67 m = 46441.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 60.3 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 45.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 643.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 643.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.61 Bulk Rich Number: 5.96 Bulk Shear: 239.70 m/s